I need a word for Wimp

[Lafayette]

Don't you feel like it might be acceptable to invent one? I've made up a few words in my historic-setting wip. You could make compounds from some of Chrispy and VB's.

Word sounds are important to our understanding of language so if you're really stuck, I'd start there and have some fun inventing new ones.

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I have casually thought of that. And I have already invented a few words so it shouldn't be a big deal. In fact, I think I've already come up with one: chimpné or chimpnés or wimpné or wimpnés.

Thanks for the suggestion.

By the way, you need to educate me. What does wip, Crispy and VB mean?

 

[Lafayette]

Here's another look at some other words, from the French side of things, at that sort of time (ish). Some of which may be relevant:

Old French Insults by Gillian Polack PhD

That's very interesting and amusing, however none of them have the connotation of wimp.

Thank you.

 

[Lafayette]

Shakespeare Insults: Top 50 Shakespearean Insults & Put Downs

I haven't read all of them yet, but of what I have seen are delicious. I wish I had thought of them.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Yep, C20th and American to boot. It don't come worse than that.

Oh, I don't know about that. We have the 21st century as well, you know.

By the way, you need to educate me. What does wip, Crispy and VB mean?

That would be "Work In Progress", whatever writing a person is currently (or intermittently) working on, and our lovely members chrispenycate and Venusian Broon. We all sort of get shortened around here, not that some of us aren't short enough already.

--TDZ

 

[Lafayette]

Thank you again.

By the way, I'm short too. I blame it on my French blood even though I have less than ten percent of it.