NAMBY-PAMBY


Meaning of NAMBY-PAMBY in English

derogatory

■ adjective lacking courage or vigour; feeble.

■ noun ( plural namby-pambies ) a ~ person.

Origin

C18: based on the given name of Ambrose Philips, an English writer whose pastorals were ridiculed as insipid.

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