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–noun
Slang. a weakling; wimp.
[Origin: 1980–85; perh. b. wimp and puss1]
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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.
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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]

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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