pencil-necked

adj 2

Collocations

PENCIL-NECKED + NOUN

geek, teenagers

adj

Having a very thin neck.

Insubstantial; weak.

That pencil-necked geek isn't going to stop me.

Science fiction is more than inelegant prose for pencil-necked teenagers.

That pencil-necked geek isn't going to stop me.

Wiktionary

Science fiction is more than inelegant prose for pencil-necked teenagers.

Wiktionary

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In some senses, pencil-necked is marked as derogatory, US, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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