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wuss

[woos]
–noun
Slang. a weakling; wimp.

Origin:
1980–85; perh. b. wimp and puss 1
wuss   (wŏŏs)   
n.   Slang
A person regarded as weak or timid and especially as unmanly: "Cats are for wusses, dog men say" (Laura Blumenfeld).

[Probably blend of wimp and pussy1.]
wuss'y adj.

wuss 
1982, from wussy (1960s), probably an alteration of pussy (2).
Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy
["Fast Times at Ridgemont High" script, 1982]
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