wussy
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The point is, even we, the wussy day campers who couldn’t handle being outdoors or away from our families for too long, told ghost stories.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2019
Call me a wussy hippie, but what Loreen gave Hannah didn’t feel like tough love, or good mothering.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 18, 2017
I mean, what 12-year-old isn’t going to roll their eyes at the wussy parts?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2014
There’s a tendency to jump to the conclusion that because modern parents are squeamish about violence in fiction we must be wussy and overprotective.
From Slate ● Feb. 29, 2012
Then everyone started arguing about when they discovered Matt wasn’t a wussy aristocrat and when they knew he was muy gente, a great guy.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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I was looking forward to last night's "American Idol" as much as I look forward to flying to Burbank to see my gentle dentist for wussies, Dr. Amano and my favorite hygienist Sandy.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2010
While Cahill was talking about having to wait eight hours for a plane in Bujumbura, Burundi, it applies to the side streets in Florence, for us wussier travelers.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2013