Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A boy or man regarded as effeminate.
- n. A person regarded as timid or cowardly.
- n. Informal Sister.
Wiktionary
- n. pejorative, colloquial An effeminate boy or man.
- n. pejorative, colloquial A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
- n. BDSM A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
- n. colloquial Sister.
- n. childish, colloquial Urination.
- adj. pejorative Effeminate.
- adj. pejorative Cowardly.
Etymologies
- Extended form of sis, from sister ("a female sibling") (Wiktionary)
- Diminutive of sis. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He may be anÂignorantÂor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you areÂhomophobesÂfor using the word "sissy.”
“He may be anignorantor thoughtless person, but I no more think he is a homophobe for using the word "faggot" than I believe any of you arehomophobesfor using the word "sissy.”
“He was teased since the 4th grade because he liked to play with girls, didn't like sports, wasn't aggressive or assertive -- he was called a sissy, that is where it began.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids
“If Obama, continues to only respond to McCain and Hillary, like I said I will vote for him but I encourage the rest of you not to, don't be stupid between the old man and the crazy lady, go with the old man the crazy lady will get us all killed the sissy is just going to make you all girly men.”
“More like rebels without a clue. preaching noncoformity yt who all ware the stupid lookin sissy cloths and who all needed to be high to identify with there groupThese were no more than kids who's parents had enough money that they had nothig better to do that find something to bitch about.”
“Either I have very soft white virgin sissy buns or these damn grundies are made out of burlap.”
“TO ANONYMOUS who likes to use the word sissy, but cannot spell the word 'raping.”
“To be frank, any man who has been called a sissy and any woman who has felt pressure to be hyperfeminine is impacted when pop culture promotes rigid gender norms.”
“that's korean for "rubbing alcohol"If I were with first-timers, I would have ordered what I call the sissy soju.”
“Because there's something worse than being in prison, and it's being a 'sissy' -- according to South Carolina prisons director Jon Ozmint.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sissy’.
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What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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A _____ walks into a bar...
horse, bear, termite, grasshopper, panda, cowboy, guy with a chunk ..., duck, talking dog, guy with a toad o..., guy, blind man and 74 more...
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EN - baby talk
whoopsie, kitty, baba, beddy-bye, binkie, blankie, boo-boo, botty, bow-wow, brekkie, brekfee, bubby and 84 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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conceptwriter's Words
sloth, jackass, dickhead, technostalgic, futuristic, enigma, impact, addict, nasty, premium, extraordinaire, yearning and 262 more...
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Wrapped up in books
I'm reading books. And there are words and phrases I come upon for the first time, or that are used with usages that are new to me.
So, this is just a plain list of those words. Don't expect ...hobble, mackerel, crone, cavort, hoyden, rheumy, scatter, hiss, recoil, trundle, shatter, flaxen and 200 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.biffy, bibcock, barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibliobibuli, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Words from 2009 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' film.
ravishing, juggle, rehearsal, in bulk, hoard, miser, detract, appendage, ordain, slick, scent, innuendo and 68 more...
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not for mixed company
sodding, git, trollop, bitch, sissy, bastard, strumpet, pillock, quack, scallywag, cad, minx and 23 more...
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It's a Man's World
Help me get to the bottom of this
pussy, bitchslap, dildo, twat, bimbo, the man, cunt, douchebag, cocksucker, the nuts, the balls, bitch and 20 more...
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Ladies' Night
girl, lady, madame, miss, missy, woman, dame, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother and 50 more...
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stanton's Words
msg, sushi, taro, lychee, no big deal, the denver nuggets, swamp, aid-the-poor, rural labourer, toothpick, firecracker, clothes rack and 84 more...
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too many faggot scenes
In response to a recent conversation on Wordie. Not intended as the Geto Boys intended the line, I'm sure.
fag, queen, homo, fairy, dyke, faggot, fudge packer, sister, sissy, queer, butt pirate
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Coward!
caitiff, craven, cur, dastard, funk, malingerer, poltroon, recreant, Scaramouch, invertebrate, jellyfish, fraidy cat and 53 more...
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Sissy
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sissy.
bilby So what's the sense? pee? Dec 14, 2012
ruzuzu I've been watching a lot of "Dead Like Me" this week. In the first season there are at least two times when the charcter Rube (played by Mandy Patinkin) says he has to make a "sissy." Dec 13, 2012
princessl (n): The eldest female child of a family.
(synonym): Sister Feb 14, 2009
fbharjo a sissy walks into a bar to grab on?????? Nov 1, 2008