namby-pamby

“We need a food czar who’s tough, not these namby-pamby bureaucrats that don’t really want to ruffle any feathers.”

The tackle was brilliant and set the tone for a proper game of football and not this namby-pamby interpretation of what modernists think the game should be.

Viewers are led to believe that, by refusing to get the shot, they're getting one over on those namby-pamby Democrats.

One that emphasizes the physical over namby-pamby paper-pushing, and speaks to old stereotypes of virility, strength and machismo.

She said her party suffers from "people who have been namby-pamby, lie down and allow the Democrats to walk all over them."