Nunnery

A brothel.

Etymology: Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.

See also: Abbess, Bordello, Brothel, Nun, Whorehouse

"Polly Adler, in her memoir 'A House is Not a Home,' tells of her time as the abbess of the Big Town's poshest nunnery."

Walter Winchell, 1953

Nunnery by Twathenge April 26, 2006

Nunnery

Where they make the nuns

"The Catholic hospital is located next to the Nunnery"

Nunnery by Dr. Octavious Greenberg November 7, 2019

nunnery

1. slang for "whorehouse" in the times of shakespeare
2. a convent

"get thee to a nunnery!"

nunnery by vernizzle September 3, 2005

nunnery

A) antiquated meaning: the female version of a monastery
B) a place where virgin girls past age 20 gather and socialize.

Why are you in a nunnery definition b) did you consider going to a nunnery definition a)?

nunnery by Uncle Dimma May 27, 2018

nunnery

1: Slang term for convent; itz wea da nun's crib at.
2: The act of living your life in poverty, chastity and obedience. To act like a nun.

1:"It's right past that nunnery on the left."
2:"We don't take kindly to nunnery 'round here!"

nunnery by pat (as in the onomatopoeia) July 28, 2005

Nunnery

Nunnery a building filled with chicks who pray all day long, and suck on whiskey bottles at night.

Let's go over to the nunnery, and convert the lesbians.

Nunnery by Iam not Elmer Fudd February 26, 2020

nunnery

a) (antiquated meaning): the female version of a monastery
b) (new and improved meaning): a coolidiculous name for a place where all north american girls who are virgin past age 20 regularly gather and socialize

since yolo and yodo are concepts relevant to modern north america, a nunnery under definition b) might also be a place where the women "serve a life sentence" for the simple "crime" of "being virgin past age 20"

nunnery by Uncle Dimma May 14, 2018