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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

WIMP

  [wimp]
–noun
any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
Origin:
1985–90; W(eakly) I(nteracting) M(assive) P(article)
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wimp   (wĭmp)   
n.  A timid or unadventurous person: "the impression that he is a colorless, indecisive wimp, and not a leader among men" (James J. Kilpatrick).
intr.v.   wimped, wimp·ing, wimps
To be timid or cowardly. Usually used with out: wimped out and refused to jump off the high diving board.

[Perhaps from whimper.]
wimp'ish adj., wimp'y adj.
WIMP   (wĭmp)   
n.  A subatomic particle that has a large mass and interacts with other matter primarily through gravitation.

[w(eakly) i(nteracting) m(assive) p(article).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
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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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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Computing Dictionary

WIMP operating system
Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers (or maybe Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull-down menus).
The style of graphical user interface invented at Xerox PARC, popularised by the Apple Macintosh and now available in other varieties such as the X Window System, OSF/Motif, NeWS, RISC OS and Microsoft Windows.
See menuitis, user-obsequious, window system.
(2007-09-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
WIMP

  1. window, icon, menu, pointing [device]

  2. window, icon, mouse, pull-down [menu]

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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