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wimp

  [wimp] Informal.
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–noun
1. a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
—Verb phrase
2. wimp out,
a. to be or act like a wimp.
b. to show timidity or cowardice; chicken out.
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; orig. uncert.; cf. whimper
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wimp

  1. mod.
    windows, icons, mouse pointer. (Usually WIMP. Acronym. Refers to a computer system, such as Macintosh or Microsoft Windows, with an elaborate user interface including resizable windows, clever icons, and a movable mouse. The term implies that such systems are for computer weaklings.) : I am happier with a computer system that doesn't have all that WIMP stuff.
  2. n.
    a weak and retiring person; a square. : What a wimp. People walk all over her.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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wimp out (of (sth))

  1. in.
    to chicken out (of (sth) ); to get out of something, leaving others to carry the burden. : Come on! Don't wimp out now that there's all this work to be done.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wimp  (n.)
1920 (but not attested again until 1960), perhaps a clipped form of whimper (cf whimp, 1549), perhaps influenced by J. Wellington Wimpy, comparatively unaggressive character in "Popeye" comics. Wimpy (adj.) is from 1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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