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pansy

[pan-zee] / ˈpæn zi /
NOUN
(offensive) weak, ineffectual man
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Leola Davis owns Pansy Esthetics in West Hollywood, one of the few local skincare providers that caters to transgender people and nonbinary people post-operation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

When Davis, a cisgender Black woman, decided to start Pansy Esthetics in 2021 she had been thinking about the communities that are often left out of narratives surrounding mainstream beauty standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

In 1939, a Royal Navy corvette due to be named HMS Pansy became HMS Heartsease just before it was launched.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

It focuses on Pansy, an irritable woman who is constantly starting fights with everyone around her.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

Pansy resumed the slow stroking of Malfoy’s hair, looking dumbfounded.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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