Meaning of pencil-neck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person with a very thin neck.
   informal
2. An insubstantial person; a weakling.
   US, derogatory, idiomatic

Examples

“That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.”

“Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek.””

“On Thursday, March 28, Trump took the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a campaign rally, where he unleashed a new schoolyard nickname: “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff.””

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