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wimp
English
Etymology
Possible contraction of "whimper". The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
wimp (plural wimps)
- (derogatory, slang) someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy
- Alternative spelling of WIMP
Synonyms
- (someone who lacks confidence or courage): sissy, softy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop or Thesaurus:coward
Derived terms
- wimpish
- wimply
- wimp out
- wimpy
Translations
Verb
wimp (third-person singular simple present wimps, present participle wimping, simple past and past participle wimped)
- (intransitive) To behave submissively.
- (transitive) To render wimpy.
Finnish
Etymology
According to the English abbreviation WIMP.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wimp/, [?wimp]
- Rhymes: -imp
- Syllabification: wimp
Noun
wimp
- (astronomy, physics) weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP
Declension
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sissy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?si/
- Rhymes: -?si
- Homophone: cissy
Etymology 1
From sis +? -y.
Noun
sissy (plural sissies)
- (derogatory, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
- (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
- 1963, Robert Smith, Pro Football: The History of the Game and the Great Players (page 144)
- This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines.
- 1963, Robert Smith, Pro Football: The History of the Game and the Great Players (page 144)
- (BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
- 2018, Paul Zante, Sissy Dreams: Motel Sissy (page 4)
- I realised I still held my normal male clothes and dropped them to the floor under the desk, out of the way. […] Would it hurt? Yes, I knew it would from watching videos of sissies being spanked by their dominant mistresses.
- 2018, Paul Zante, Sissy Dreams: Motel Sissy (page 4)
- (colloquial) Sister.
- 2008, Rita T. Kohn, William Lynwood Montell, Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians
- Her seven-year-old brother Justin sat on my lap beside her casket. I explained to him why we were staying with his sissy. He wouldn't leave; he stayed, too. He kissed her, touched her hand, told her he would miss her.
- 2008, Rita T. Kohn, William Lynwood Montell, Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians
Synonyms
- (effeminate man or boy): cot-quean (obsolete), janegirl (“effeminate boy”) (rare); see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
- (timid or cowardly person): milquetoast, nancy, pussy, quiche-eater; see also Thesaurus:milksop
- (sister): sis
Antonyms
- non-sissy
- unsissy
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
sissy (comparative sissier, superlative sissiest)
- (derogatory) Effeminate.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 26]:
- Frontiersmen were never afraid of poetry. It was Big Business with its fear of femininity, it was the eunuchoid clergy capitulating to vulgar masculinity that made religion and art sissy things.
- 2000, Jeffery Deaver, Manhattan Is My Beat (revised edition), Bantam Books, ?ISBN, page 173:
- […] she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 26]:
- (derogatory) Cowardly.
Translations
Etymology 2
Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to French pipi (“urine”). Compare piss; wee-wee.
Noun
sissy (uncountable)
- (childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
Translations
Verb
sissy (third-person singular simple present sissies, present participle sissying, simple past and past participle sissied)
- (childish, colloquial) To urinate.
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