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In some senses, limp-wristed is marked as derogatory, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
limp-wristed
adj 2
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3ADJ.
gay, over
LIMP-WRISTED + NOUN
counte
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Limp, weak by nature; lacking strength.
2
Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.
Given the doubts about manhood in the postwar years, a rough sport like football helped to establish a hierarchy of competing masculinities that favored the sturdy athlete over his limp-wristed counterpart, the heterosexual linebacker over the homosexual fop.
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Given the doubts about manhood in the postwar years, a rough sport like football helped to establish a hierarchy of competing masculinities that favored the sturdy athlete over his limp-wristed counte
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Some people caricature gay men as limp-wristed and speaking with a lisp.
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