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In some senses, pencil-neck is marked as informal, derogatory, US, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
pencil-neck
noun 2
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3ADJ.
little
PENCIL-NECK + NOUN
adam, schiff, systems
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from
Definitions
noun
1
A person with a very thin neck.
2
An insubstantial person; a weakling.
That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek.”
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That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
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Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck ge
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On Thursday, March 28, Trump took the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a campaign rally, where he unleashed a new schoolyard nickname: “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff.”
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