sissy
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“This second time around journey has been a little windier in many ways , but wow we are so grateful for this moment!! Little sissy on the way!!!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“You worried so much about me, but look sissy, I didn’t turn out too bad,” Barnes said as she displayed the black gown she was just donned with.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2021
“I was never ashamed of being a sissy, and I wore the bullying as a badge of honor,” he writes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
“Here in front of you? I might be the biggest sissy you’ve ever had on the show.”
From The Verge ● Oct. 31, 2019
Colonel Cathcart wanted to rush to his side and comfort him, but did not want to look like a sissy in front of General Dreedle.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Everyone contributed what money they could to save George’s business from Mr. Potter, an unsentimental tycoon who makes the toughest takeover bankers and lawyers seem like sissies.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
“Growing old is not for sissies, I promise you,” Buffett said in his May hospital statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
As Samir muses in one reflective moment: “Immigration, it is not for sissies … The price for a better life, you see, it is always a little higher than you think it will be.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2019
The Christian Science Monitor is nervous that “The Millennial Generation Could Kill the NFL” – because, sissies that we are, we really don’t like seeing people suffer long-term brain damage.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2013
“Our generation of parents are such sissies when it comes to setting boundaries,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2013