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spineless creature (бесхарактерный человек Anglophile); bedraggled creature (Anglophile); chicken heart; chicken liver; wuss (plural wusses or wussies) slang) A weak or ineffectual person. 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss. 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times At Ridgemont High Screenplay) Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy 1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise Page 120 ...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut. 2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman Page 7 And finally, don't be a wuss. Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive. 2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park Page 21 ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud. WT. тж. слюнтяй, размазня, слизняк, хлюпик, тряпка, бесхребетник, малолетка, кисляй, баба, слабак, мямля Alexander Demidov); chicken-heart; chicken-liver; hen hearted; a milk sop; sissy |
