pantywaist

pantywaist

His rough, burly father was mortified by the lads pantywaist behavior.

2. noun
a) A childrens undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband.

Lace trimmed panty waists—50 cents.

b) An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.

Dont be misled by the British tendency to be soft-spoken and polite. The English language didnt spread across the oceans and over the mountains and jungles and swamps because these people were pantywaists.


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  • pantywaist — n. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. Syn: sissy, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pantywaist — can mean: * a slang term for an effeminate man * an obsolete term for a child s one piece bodysuit …   Wikipedia

  • pantywaist — (n.) weak or effeminate male, 1936, from a type of child s garment with short pants that buttoned to the waist of a shirt; see PANTIES (Cf. panties) + WAIST (Cf. waist) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pantywaist — [n] sissy baby*, chicken*, coward, cry baby, fraidy cat*, milksop, momma’s boy*, namby pamby, pansy, scaredy cat*, weakling, wimp*, wuss*, wussy*; concept 423 …   New thesaurus

  • pantywaist — ☆ pantywaist [pan′tē wāst΄ ] n. 1. Historical a child s two piece undergarment that buttoned together at the waist 2. Slang a man or youth considered as like a child in lacking strength, courage, etc.; sissy …   English World dictionary

  • pantywaist — noun Date: circa 1936 1. a child s garment consisting of short pants buttoned to a waist 2. sissy • pantywaist adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pantywaist — n A weak, indecisive person. Gordon is such a pantywaist he does everything his girlfriend tells him. 1890s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • pantywaist — /pan tee wayst /, n. 1. Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy. 2. formerly, a child s undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the waist. adj. 3. weak; fainthearted. 4. Informal. childish. [1925 30; PANTY +… …   Universalium

  • pantywaist — Synonyms and related words: Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, big baby, chicken, cream puff, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, goody goody, gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, lily, meek soul, milksop,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pantywaist — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sissy, *wimp, *wuss, *wussy, crybaby …   English dictionary for students

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