NAMBY-PAMBY


Meaning of NAMBY-PAMBY in English

/ ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi; NAmE / adjective

( informal , disapproving ) weak and too emotional

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: fanciful formation based on the given name of Ambrose Philips (died 1749), an English writer whose pastorals were ridiculed by Pope and others.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.