wimpy
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Also references to knife fights and Democrats showing up with pencils, rubber bands, butter knives and other wimpy implements.
From Los Angeles Times
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul called the spending cuts "wimpy and anemic" while saying the bill would "explode" the deficit, a claim backed up by an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.
From Salon
Paul called the spending cuts in the bill "wimpy and anemic" and said the bill's "math doesn't add up."
From Salon
And these days, there’s little doubt: In popular American culture, vegetarianism often is perceived as “liberal, wimpy and feminine,” Ray said.
From Los Angeles Times
A very big thread is the libertarian frontier—we’re going to go to space and become sort of manly, rugged tough guys, and we’ll leave all this wimpy, bureaucratic, socialist stuff behind.
From Scientific American
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