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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Nappy Poo

A nap taken before an impending defecation. Ultimately leading to shitting one's pants.

Friend 1: I'm going to take a Nappy Poo.
Friend 2: What?
Friend 1: I gotta take a big shit, I'm going to take a nap.

Nappy Poo by tosjduenfs May 5, 2009

Narpy

An adjective used to describe the uberwealthy offspring of the worlds richest families. Typically educated in a Swiss boarding school but still prefers to ski in Verbier over Gstaad.

Will have memberships at Annabel's, 5 Hertford Street, Soho House, etc.

Probably attenda Regents or LSE.

True NARPs would never be caught dead at Nobu post 2017.

"I saw this narpy guy at 5H, wearing open walks and smoking mango juul pods, he's the one."

"Some narpy hyena dropped his black card in front of me at 1 OAK, honestly a pathetic attempt at a pick up... he was wearing a Nautilus though."

Narpy by GstaadGuy April 23, 2019

cameltoe nappy

Those jeans are so tight and ass so big it looks like a cameltoe with a nappy on.

Some girls love tight jeans to show off their sexy curves. Others like to show off their cameltoe nappy.

Cameltoe nappy is not acceptable.

Bald patch, gappy and cameltoe nappy.

cameltoe nappy by 888 dot com June 25, 2015

nappy tappy

nappy tappy nap·py tap·py- noun & verb (used without object)

1. (n) a quick snooze taken after exhaustion from good sex AKA "post-attack tap-nap"
2. (v) a quick sexual act during the course of a short sleep AKA "nap-tap"
3. (v) a moment who two people become tired and just want to cuddle and the quick snooze evolves to a sexual act

EXAMPLES:
1. (n) Female talking to her girlfriends: "That man worked me so damn good last night, I had to take a long ass nappy tappy after all 'o dat! He definitely was no one minute man."
2. (v) Yesterday I didn't go to class due to a craving for nap-tap.
3. (v) Man talkin to his girl: "Baby, I'm hella tired. I've had a long day at the office... you wanna nappy tappy?"

nappy tappy by Christina & Kelly Anne November 10, 2007

getch yo' nappy.....

A common preface used to demand someone depart from your presence.

getch Yo' Nappy..... ass out of my face, fo' I whoop yo ass

getch yo' nappy..... by Pizzlej March 18, 2019

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026