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  1. n. The property of being sissy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

Examples

  • “This sissy would like to confess their long term sissiness whilst wearing her frilly white trimmed panties and grey dress to Mistress Cassie.”

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  • “And his sissiness is fertile ground for lampooning.”

    Why can't we joke about Obama?

  • “And you complained about our “sissiness” while simultaneously admitting that you let your squeamishness set your politics.”

    Homophobic men and Misogyny–do they go hand in hand?

  • “The fact is that any Democrat's heroic war record functions mostly as superficial innoculation against charges of sissiness during campaigns, and it's the reason you see so many more Republican chickenhawks than anti-war Dems in public office these days.”

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  • “Men no longer regard creased trousers, nicely tied cravats, well-chosen collars, and harmonious color combinations as signs of sissiness, snobbishness, or weak-mindedness.”

    The Book of Business Etiquette

  • “It was fun for them, besides they felt it would be a service to knock out some of the Boston “sissiness.””

    A Backward Glance at Eighty

  • “If you're willing to be prime minister without getting the public to vote for you, it's just lily-livered sissiness to let the fact your colleagues won't vote for you either stand in your way.”

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  • “Edith B, I just checked a dictionary and found three derivative words listed below "sissy": the noun sissiness and the adjectives sissified and sissyish.”

    Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle

  • “Tell me, Mr. Bi: What exactly is “sissiness” if not the simple fear of anyone different in any way from your ‘own’ group (which I presume is made up of below average IQ white males with unusually tiny Cheneys (Dicks)?”

    Think Progress » Traditional Values Coalition Tells Senators To Block Judicial Nominee Because She’s A ‘Radical Lesbian’

  • “As for the ’sissy’ part, anxious masculinity is what drives republican men – clearly your fear of your ‘own sissiness’ is your issue … I suffer from no such conflicts, but clearly you do …”

    Think Progress » “Wow.”

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‘sissiness’ has been looked up 270 times, and has a Scrabble score of 8.