Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person regarded as timid or cowardly.
- noun Offensive A boy or man regarded as effeminate.
- noun Informal Sister.
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- noun pejorative, colloquial An
effeminate boy orman . - noun pejorative, colloquial A
timid ,unassertive orcowardly person. - noun BDSM A
male crossdresser who adoptsfeminine behaviours. - noun colloquial
Sister . - noun childish, colloquial
Urination . - adjective pejorative
Effeminate . - adjective pejorative
Cowardly .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He may be anignorantor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you arehomophobesfor using the word "sissy."
Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011
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He may be anignorantor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you arehomophobesfor using the word "sissy."
Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011
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He may be anignorantor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you arehomophobesfor using the word "sissy."
Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011
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He may be anÂignorantÂor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you areÂhomophobesÂfor using the word "sissy."
Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011
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He may be anÂignorantÂor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you areÂhomophobesÂfor using the word "sissy."
Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011
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He may be anÂignorantÂor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you areÂhomophobesÂfor using the word "sissy."
Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011
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He was teased since the 4th grade because he liked to play with girls, didn't like sports, wasn't aggressive or assertive -- he was called a sissy, that is where it began.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010
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He was teased since the 4th grade because he liked to play with girls, didn't like sports, wasn't aggressive or assertive -- he was called a sissy, that is where it began.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010
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He was teased since the 4th grade because he liked to play with girls, didn't like sports, wasn't aggressive or assertive -- he was called a sissy, that is where it began.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010
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He was teased since the 4th grade because he liked to play with girls, didn't like sports, wasn't aggressive or assertive -- he was called a sissy, that is where it began.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010
fbharjo commented on the word sissy
a sissy walks into a bar to grab on??????
November 1, 2008
princessl commented on the word sissy
(n): The eldest female child of a family.
(synonym): Sister
February 15, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word sissy
I've been watching a lot of "Dead Like Me" this week. In the first season there are at least two times when the charcter Rube (played by Mandy Patinkin) says he has to make a "sissy."
December 13, 2012
bilby commented on the word sissy
So what's the sense? pee?
December 14, 2012