sissies

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The moment Axl Rose and Slash appeared on the scene, Bret Michaels and the rest of the hair metal scene suddenly looked like a bunch of nerds, sissies, and lame-asses

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  • What we called "sissies" back in those cowgirl days. —  Tammy Bruce
  • Eunuchs were also men who just didn't look very masculine, who weren't interested in marrying or having sex with women, who were "sissies."
  • They just can't get enough: One-time synthesiser sissies Depeche Mode are back on song The Independent —  Press Gazette Latest News
  • Our constitutional ignorance -- perhaps contempt, coupled with the fact that we've become a nation of wimps, sissies and supplicants -- has made us easy prey for Washington's tyrannical forces. —  Latest Articles
  • Hot cocoa, four-wheel drive, calamity days – all that stuff is for sissies. —  The Independent Home RSS
 

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