ponce

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

noun

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
   1. Synonym of kept man.
   2. Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.
2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, derogatory, slang) Synonym of poof: an effeminate male homosexual; any similarly effeminate man.
   Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce. 2000, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley)

verb

1. To act as a pimp.
2. (by extension) To try to get rid of or sell something.
3. To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
4. (derogatory) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
   The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins. 1992, Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide

Etymology 2

From French panse (“belly”).

noun

1. (Louisiana) The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
   STUFFED "PONCE" 1 small hog ponce 3 lbs . ground pork 1 large bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion head chopped […] 1973, Mercedes Vidrine, Louisiana Lagniappe, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing, page 23
   […] before Escoffier and the five mother sauces, even before Brillat-Savarin, French Acadian cooks in South Louisiana kitchens prepared ponce. 2016, George Graham, Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana, Harvard Common Press, page 258