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|Slang for someone (usually a man) who commonly initiates unwanted physical contact with another person. Can euphemistically obscure/excuse sexual violence or harassment. Use "repeatedly accused of sexual harassment" or similar instead.
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|Green's Dictionary of Slang [https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/vkrx6xa]
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|“The constellation of socially regressive [masculine] traits that serve to foster domination, the devaluation of women, homophobia, and wanton violence.”
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|A symbol historically used to denote cowardice. White feathers were presented by various groups to non-combatant men in Britain during the First World War, with the intention of shaming them into enlisting.
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|Oxford English Dictionary [https://www.oed.com/dictionary/white-feather_n?tab=meaning_and_use#14378415]
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Latest revision as of 10:31, 8 December 2023

Term Contextual note Time/Region References
boys will be boys
chicken
coward/s

cowardice

dandy
flower
girly

girlish

grow some balls

haven’t got the balls

macho
man up
manly
Nancy
octopus Slang for someone (usually a man) who commonly initiates unwanted physical contact with another person. Can euphemistically obscure/excuse sexual violence or harassment. Use "repeatedly accused of sexual harassment" or similar instead. 1930s-. US and UK Green's Dictionary of Slang [1]
pansy
pussy
sissy
soft
Toxic Masculinity “The constellation of socially regressive [masculine] traits that serve to foster domination, the devaluation of women, homophobia, and wanton violence.”
unmanful

unmanlike

unmanly

unmasculine

womanish

womanlike

weakling/s
white feather A symbol historically used to denote cowardice. White feathers were presented by various groups to non-combatant men in Britain during the First World War, with the intention of shaming them into enlisting. 18th Century- Oxford English Dictionary [2]
yellowbelly

yellow-belly

yellow-bellies

yellow belly

yellow bellies