Meaning of namby-pambiness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being namby-pamby.

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Examples

“Many men boastfully spurn the useful but humble rubbers. To wear them seems to argue a lost virility; it is a confession of weak namby-pambiness. Yet the burly traffic policeman wears the effeminate or senile rubber without shame as a part of his uniform.”

“Trump has sold himself to the public as the decider, the guy willing to make the tough calls in short order — just the opposite of the lily-livered, namby-pambiness that has infected Washington politicians.”

“Once the chosen garb of gangsta rappers and undesirable types who weren’t allowed into the Bluewater Shopping Centre, its working class DNA has been repeatedly appropriated by fashionistas, tech billionaires, banker bros, Saturday brunching, Kensington Dads in Abercrombie and even politicians who have collectively softened the hoodie’s hard man reputation to non-threatening namby-pambiness.”

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