Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A child's undergarment consisting of a shirt and pants buttoned together at the waist.
- noun Slang A boy or man who is considered weak or effeminate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective informal, dated, especially of a male person
Weak ,timid ,effeminate ,ineffectual . - noun informal, dated A
children 'sundergarment composed, in part, ofpanties attached to awaistband . - noun pejorative, dated An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a
boy oryoung man ; asissy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
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Examples
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Right-wing talk show hosts brayed that he was exhibiting a "pantywaist" response to the "crisis."
Robert Creamer: The First 100 Days -- How Obama Scores on the Nine Qualities of Leadership 2009
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Rosica really means by the phrase “civility, charity, mercy and politeness” is a kind of pantywaist political correctness, void of testicular fortitude, that is so afraid to identify and call out blatant evil in the public square.
On Catholic Crowd-Pleasers Suzanne 2009
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But this query is precisely the kind of pantywaist handwringing that rightly goes down in the flood of the he-man Homeland Security strutting that always follows these incidents.
Instant Karma: New US War Target Gets Its Own Terror Icon 2009
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Tonight we learned that Sarah Palin doesn't have time for that kind of pantywaist liberal chit chat.
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The Europeans are calling him a 'surrender monkey' and a 'pantywaist'.
Blue Star Chronicles 2009
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Obama has a superiority complex AND he's a "pantywaist" for going on "apology tours" and bowing to show respect to Saudi leaders.
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All you pantywaist social nerds can kiss my grits!
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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The State Department, however, was meeting the Red menace with “basic timidity,” he complained to a friend, and Dean Acheson, who became its secretary in 1949, was a “pantywaist,” he told Jones.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The State Department, however, was meeting the Red menace with “basic timidity,” he complained to a friend, and Dean Acheson, who became its secretary in 1949, was a “pantywaist,” he told Jones.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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All you pantywaist social nerds can kiss my grits!
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
chained_bear commented on the word pantywaist
"A garment, usually for children, consisting of panties attached to a waist or bodice. Now rare."
I should hope so.
Also, "a weak or cowardly person."
February 5, 2007