wimp
wimp
- n a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- n a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
- Thomas Hulce (the class "wimp"), Stephen Furst (the class "blimp"), James Daughton (a BMOC of ambiguous sexuality) and Karen Allen (as the sexiest of the animals' girls) are .
- Now the sensitive male is a wimp and an object of derision to boot.
- A column by Snow last September, at the height of the Hurricane Katrina fallout, said: "Begin with the wimp factor.