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Namby-pamby 

A namby-pamby (plural namby-pambies) is someone, usually a male, who is overly weak, sentimental or indecisive. It was a play on the name of Ambrose Philips, who wrote sickeningly sentimental poems for children. The nickname was devised by Henry Carey, a poet and songwriter, who wrote “God Save the Queen” and “My Country ‘tis of Thee”. It was popularized, however, by Alexander Pope in his satirical epic “The Dunciad”. It can also be used as an adjective meaning weak or spineless, lacking vigour or decisiveness, and overly sentimental.
The poet Ambrose Philips was the original Namby-Pamby.
Namby-pamby by AKACroatalin June 9, 2015
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Nambored 

Hey mate that’s the third time someone stole my darts I’m nambored!”
Nambored by KATTY777 June 27, 2018
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Namboothiri 

A caste of Malayala Brahmins who live in Kerala. They are one of the few Brahmins who still preserve the orally transmitted Vedic Shrauta rituals and still practice some of them. Only the elder males were required to be endogamous, the younger males married women of matrilineal upper castes.
Person A : What kind of a Brahmin is he?
Person B: He is a Namboothiri Brahmin
Namboothiri by Hisstorybuff April 17, 2023

Nambourman 

A shemale (i.e. transexual M-to-F, with either artificial or hormonally-induced breasts whilst retaining the male penis) of openly Jewish extraction.
Man 1: Check out that smokin' Jewish bitty!
Man 2: Man, you trippin', that bitch be packing the circumcised meat, she Nambourman.

Namby-pamby 

A noun describing a male, can be child or adult, who adores his Mother and who seems to have no desire to cut the apron strings. Although not always overtly homosexual they tend to have feminine mannerisms and interests and are overly sensitive to criticism and the reactions of others to them. In short a total wuss or the worst sort of softy.
Georgie's taking flowers and chocolates to his Mother again; that's the third time this week.
Is she ill?
No, he's always doing that.
Namby-pamby twat!
Namby-pamby by Croatalin November 14, 2013
A type of white boy who is Trad, and NatSoc who is commonly mistaken for being a fuck boy or gay.
Friend: Richard Spencer looks pretty gay...
Me: Nah he's just a NazBoy
Nazboy by masterzeb318 September 3, 2019
A shit hole on the sunshine coast. I live here... wherever you look there is a hill.. Do NOT come here!
That place is such a Nambour!
Nambour by Anaik August 10, 2009