A person who fears failure so much that doing nothing is the best option. One who fails to reach dreams by making excuses and citing reasons why it won't work. Someone so paralyzed by fear of rejection that inaction is the chosen path.
"You write really amazing poetry, Biff, if you weren't such a crutchmonger you could get them published and stop feeling sorry for yourself."
This is a variety of teenage/adolescent female who tries to gain favored status with teenage males by always sitting on their lap. They also like to sit on the laps of older men to gain the same status.
Hey Son, tell Kelly to stop sitting on everyone's lap around here like a Crotchmonkey.
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the gamealive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because idstill sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.