| 单词 | sissy |
| 例句 | “Painting is for sissies. Piano is for wimps. Singing is for girly-men. I’m quoting them now.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He remembered what Hab had told him, and sometimes, when the boys jeered at him, he said, “I’m not cold. Only sissies need winter coats.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Deliver the telegrams and don’t be a sissy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At first Nelson didn’t want to go to a school of pre-priest sissies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just another sissy city soldier, I thought as I walked back to the hall. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Even if you hate apples you have to rob orchards or your pals will say you’re a sissy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m tired of this sissy prancing around my ’hood, putting on a front.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “All right, dude. Man up. Some little cactus going to make you cry? Then you’ll be a little sissy your entire life. When you’re getting shot at, that’s when you have a reason to cry.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A boy who remained at home tied to his mother’s apron strings was regarded as a sissy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m planning on having Mom arrested for being a yellow sissy britches. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I know some kids will think that’s a sissy thing, but I couldn’t help it. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z One of them said that they had chosen wrongly, since most of us who had been chosen were trembling and that meant we were sissies. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They were mostly thin, beautiful women in formfitting dresses, and heavyset men in what Luke’s dad and brothers called sissy clothes—shiny shoes and clean, dressy pants and jackets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z He tried to teach Noodles how to knit—thought it'd be good for him—but as soon as Noodles realized how hard it was, he quit and said knitting was only for chicks and sissies. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t get cold; only sissies need winter coats.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, man. Don’t be such a little sissy.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Don’t be a sissy, Lamar”—I used the magic word on him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But it would be sissy to tell Harry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Of all the sissy ways to run away and of all the sissy places to run away to...” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Drop your sissy side and start using that shuck brain if you got one.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Anyhow, I mostly fight to keep from gettin’ called a sissy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “He was sort of a sissy,” said Herbert. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem sissy to Bill to be kissed now. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because you’re cruel. Because you like to hurt people. And you think you’re special, you think everyone around you is a bunch of sissies who can’t make the tough choices like you can.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Of course I ruled out the jolly sissies who sometimes stayed at our house and cooked whopping eight-course dinners while the perspiration made paths down their made-up faces. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My father regarded tennis as a “sissy’s sport.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m smelling one in the picture—my sister says, like a sissy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Do you know why our commanders gave us up to you sissy civilians?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He wants to know why I’m dancing, that everyone knows dancing is a sissy thing and I’ll wind up like Cyril Benson wearing a kilt and medals and dancing all over with girls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On all sides the booing rose, and a man cupped flabby hands around his mouth and yelled, "Ya sissy, I cut myself worse shaving every morning." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s sissy. I like drawing too.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart wanted to rush to his side and comfort him, but did not want to look like a sissy in front of General Dreedle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thomas had finally stopped crying; he couldn’t help wondering what Minho would think of him, or if he’d tell others, calling him a sissy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was always picking fights and throwing stones and beating up everybody In fact, he got so tough he used to go around calling the other guys sissies. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z But Junito only responds by slapping high fives with his boys as they go on and on about TJ, the neighborhood sissy. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, right. My dad would think that was even worse, spending all that time on sissy stuff.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t be a sissy, now,” the old man said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only because you were sick as a sissy,” she replied. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thought compliments were for sissies, but he changed his mind after the first few sessions. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m afraid he’ll laugh at me, he’ll despise me for being a sissy about a bunch of girls, for making a fuss about nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He is a sissy civilian, let’s go ask the other boys,” the boy who had pulled his bayonet suggested. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “At least my father’s not a sissy! And, by the way, why don’t you smell your hands?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The house was one more thing that made me weird, and I was already a brown sissy in an American exurb where the country’s South bleeds into its North. The Three Chairs That Define Childhood 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z And I thought it was a sissy profession. “A puppet needs to project a personality”: The original Muppeteer on how the business has changed 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z “Our generation of parents are such sissies when it comes to setting boundaries,” she said. This Life: Clothing Straddles the Line Between Sweet and Skimpy 2013-05-10T21:46:08Z I said, “What? I’m not doing that, man. I’d be a sissy.” Gary Busey Is Playing God. Seriously. 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Broadcasters must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics,” the TV regulator said, using an insulting slang term for effeminate men — “niang pao,” or literally, “girlie guns.” China bans ‘sissy men’ from TV in new crackdown 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Or Karl Rove figuring out that the most effective way to attack a bona fide war hero during the 2004 presidential election was to paint him as a sissy who didn't deserve his medals. "The Social Network": A modern horror film 2010-10-04T18:01:00Z How does this series connect with your studies of teenagers, werewolves and sissy bouncers? | Danielle Levitt's 'Pride of Lowell' 2011-02-17T21:35:53Z The Christian Science Monitor is nervous that “The Millennial Generation Could Kill the NFL” – because, sissies that we are, we really don’t like seeing people suffer long-term brain damage. We are the lamest generation! 2013-06-01T13:00:00Z But even at the height of wealth and success, he remained something of a punchline — the sissy boy who couldn’t help but attract bullies. Is Richard Simmons missing? Or is he just dearly missed? 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z "Boy in a Whalebone Corset" finds "Father in my room / looking for more sissy clothes / to burn." New works by poets Jennifer Moxley, Judy Halebsky, Saeed Jones 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z My erotic fantasies during that time were all mixed up with dreams of tyrannical power, as if the sissy, after having enough sand kicked in his face, became the strong man. The Bonds Between Sex and Books 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z J. Edgar Hoover is doing the same thing at the federal level, and while we never see Hoover’s face we do hear him called a “high-flying sissy” by one of our heroes. ‘The Highwaymen’ Review: Grumpy Old Men on the Trail of Glamorous Killers 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The word “sissy,” formerly applied to boys who preferred traditional markers of femininity, has since fallen by the wayside in American culture. Where Have All the Tomboys Gone? 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z THE evidence is a bit thin, but it seems that Adolf Hitler was not a cricket-lover; apparently, he thought batsmen who wore pads were sissies. Herr Howzat? 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Getting old is definitely not for sissies, to quote the great Bette Davis. Sheryl Crow: ‘Life’s biggest lesson? Attachment will only bring you grief’ 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Even as a teenager, I sensed this was sissy minstrelsy. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Maybe shaving, tucking in your shirt or displaying good manners is just sissy stuff. Movie Review | 'The Bounty Hunter': Aniston and Butler as Battling Exes 2010-03-18T23:14:00Z The rest is sweet and funny and does not disgrace the series, except for a couple of mild sexual references and tonally weird "gay guys are sissies!" jokes that seemed more Dreamworks than Pixar. Great Oscar debate: What is the real best picture? 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z Face and hands uncovered, Rocky had no patience for bug jackets or other such sissy accoutrements. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Scott painted and he played tennis: “a sissy’s game in those days”. Ridley Scott: ‘I wanted to scare the shit out of people. That’s the job’ 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z “Firebird” explores his mother’s alcoholism, the challenges involved in being a “chubby smart bookish sissy with glasses and a Southern accent,” and how art saved him. 20 Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Lit: A Timeline 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “But if it’s them or us, I don’t want to be a lily-livered sissy about it.” Is Their Pest Your Clean Conscience? 2010-11-18T12:44:00Z I call mine a “sissy” case of the plague. We survived the bubonic plague 2012-07-15T13:00:00Z The chore of pitting cherries is not for sissies. When the stone-fruit season is this good, here’s how to take advantage 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z “And at first they called me a sissy because I wore knee pants — until I punched one kid in the face. Give me the Bronx any day!” Tommy Kelly, Who Played a Hollywood Tom Sawyer, Dies at 90 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Before Tom, gay men were seen as effeminate sissies. The belated homecoming of Tom of Finland 2011-01-19T21:59:02Z With a book by Todd Almond, the show poignantly traced the slow awareness of a special bond between the class jock and the class sissy. The best theater of 2015 highlights transformation and enduring power from L.A. to Broadway 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z “Bodybuilding, and the creation of a rugged powerful body, will almost always remove the stigma of ‘sissy’ from a young man.” The Obsessive Photographer Behind America’s First Gay Magazine 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s tough guy attire with a bit of actorly flair, precisely the sort of thing a man would wear to set to let his castmates know he’s a performer, but he’s no sissy. The end of an era: age, time and change in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z That solution — a world that valorizes a self-proclaimed “big ole sissy” like Juicy — suggests the surprising perspective of many recent plays. What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Dad was my hero but he thought acting was for sissies. Burt Reynolds: my family values 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “I was never ashamed of being a sissy, and I wore the bullying as a badge of honor,” he writes. Review | Mark Morris bares his soul in a refreshingly raw and inspiring memoir 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z It is so much in keeping with current pop cultural clichés that it leaves him thinking, “Sex today sure isn’t for sissies.” A Critic’s Survey of Summer Books 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z That whole "masks are for sissies" thing, that's where I go, "Please, man, scientists are not trying to get you to lose the arm wrestling match. They're trying to save you, man." Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He was a sissy, because “he never showed much real courage.” Civil war at the cineplex: “American Sniper,” “Selma” and the battle over American masculinity 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z There's absolutely nothing sissy about the skipping on display here, either. Circolumbia 2010-05-12T21:30:00Z Windmills and water and battery power’s for sissies, I’m searching the earth like an underground modern Ulysses. Style Invitational Week 1239: MASH 3 — combine two movie titles 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Rather than strong-arming and shaming them for wanting to quit — as when she strangely proclaims, "This is not for sissies,"—she should have followed her warning with, "quitting is your decision and your right." Netflix's pole dance therapy film "Strip Down, Rise Up" exploits trauma & is fixated on male gaze 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z He’d razzed Amoss, now the editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, about writing “sissy features” and pushed him to join him on tougher assignments, Amoss recalled. Dean Baquet, from New Orleans reporter to executive editor of the New York Times An intelligent and quiet child, Nava retreated from an unhappy household—and from his alcoholic, abusive stepfather—into books, cultivating “habits of secrecy and loneliness,” becoming “a sissy with fangs.” A Gay Mystery Novelist Who Chronicles the Aftermath of AIDS 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “He was bullied by other boys who called him ‘Four Eyes’ and ‘sissy’ and chased him home after school,” Stone narrates. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z Billy Briggs’s “The Sissy Song,” released in 1951, proposed killing oneself as the adequate response to such unmanly habits as wearing the “pretty suede shoes that a lot of those sissies buy” and eating salad. Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z History is bunk; power is virtue; the sovereign individual reigns supreme; all forms of collective governance are for sissies. Our juvenile American fantasies: Comic-book fascism, the rise of Trump and “Captain America: Civil War” 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z And you Eastcott sissies better not get on here and write negative reviews and that means you tyler i know where you live!!!! Style Invitational Week 1102: Let’s get Sirius: Think up a new radio channel 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z In other words, classical music was, in those days, thoroughly mainstream; you could express a taste for it without being labelled a snob or a sissy. Virgil Thomson’s Enduring Critique of Classical Music in America 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “Processors are for sissies” were, I believe, his exact words. I shot a deer for Thanksgiving. Here’s why. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Or the north face of the Eiger in my case, because my father considered football a game for sissies. The Biology of Dads and Mongrels and Special 1 TV 2010-06-23T07:00:00Z People outside the literary world sometimes caricature it as a dainty, over-polite, aristocratic scene build on deference and gentility; the stereotype may grow from the old schoolyard taunt that reading is for “sissies.” Salman Rushdie digs in on the Charlie Hebdo PEN fight: “Our fellow artists were murdered for their ideas and you won’t stand up for them” 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z I have closed my eyes and in a nanosecond I cured myself from this ridiculous … It's just the work of sissies. Charlie Sheen commits career suicide 2011-02-25T15:26:00Z While the film, an adaptation of the Ronald Harwood play, makes the point that old age is not for sissies, it is also a hymn to the human spirit. Dustin Hoffman: facing down my demons 2012-12-14T23:00:18Z Inside this framework, every man is king of his castle, common courtesy is for sissies, and all opinions are equally valid. The kimchi revolution: How Korean-American chefs are changing food culture 2014-04-07T23:00:00Z Spoiler sensitivity is for sissies and dilettantes: Real men face the inevitable with stoical resolve. Movie Review: Mark Wahlberg Stars in ‘Lone Survivor’ by Peter Berg 2013-12-24T21:55:24Z Guns are for shooting, and hope is for sissies. | 'Cost of a Soul': A Solemn Homecoming 2011-05-19T23:29:57Z I was this kid in Texas, kind of a sissy, without many friends. Table For Three: A Conversation With Liz Smith, Gossip Columnist and Jess Cagle, Editorial Director of People Magazine 2014-04-25T22:08:35Z That my great uncle — the family sissy till I bounced along — should have had the grit and foolish heart for that sort of fight overwhelms me, and fills me with a fierce, protective pride. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z In an essay on Theodore Roosevelt, Gore Vidal classified the former president and known tough guy as an “American sissy.” Civil war at the cineplex: “American Sniper,” “Selma” and the battle over American masculinity 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z I was changing into my shorts and all the guys were making fun of me, like `Oh my god, look at the sissy, he shaves his legs. Men redefining 'manly' _ and not just for laughs 2012-05-17T20:36:09Z If there's one thing worse than being a philistine, it's being a sissy. Just too soft to be Sartre | Lynsey Hanley 2010-03-31T22:30:00Z Among the shorts is the New York premiere of Nando Messias’s “Walking Failure,” a celebration of his self-described “sissy body” and his inability — or refusal — to walk like a man, whatever that means. ‘Just Like a Woman,’ a Broad Look at Gender and Identity 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z “My sissy!” he exclaims as his eyes light up. Boy's adorable reaction to meeting newborn sister goes viral 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Television viewing in Haiti is not for sissies. The TV Watch: In Haiti TV Tries to Educate, With Mixed Results 2012-07-11T21:54:55Z Renly's lack of bloodlust doesn't make him a sissy; he has a different philosophy of ruling and glory, and gets to call out Robert on his constant war-story nostalgia. Game of Thrones Watch: Talk to the Hand 2011-05-23T16:45:00Z But for every hard-earned movie project that serves the age demographic well by telling a complicated story about old age, Hollywood churns out two Schwarzenegger movies with tag lines like, “Retirement is for sissies”. Over-40 actors still fighting the ageism that stymied Judy Garland 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z She had been rubbing her caviar cream on Barron’s cheeks — he was about 6 then — and Donald ignored her question and said, “Keep doing that and you’ll turn that kid into a sissy.” ‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z This New Orleans performer, part of the scene known as sissy bounce — a rare example of gay hip-hop — exhorts the crowd to join in booty-shaking movements by repeatedly demonstrating an expert skyward booty shake. Pop Critics? Choices for Summer Concerts 2010-07-01T22:43:00Z “I’m proud of not being a sissy,” one reader memorably wrote, after sharing a list of maladies he’d gritted his teeth through over the course of a career. Perspective | Andrew Luck surrendered to his pain. It was a daring thing for a man to admit — but it shouldn’t be. 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z As the precocious teenager puts it, at one point, “Certainty is for sissies.” Review | ‘Sooner/Later’ weaves rom-com premise into bittersweet family portrait 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z New wave made it seem amazing to be a sissy and an intellectual. Writing family stories: Jason Tougaw on his memoir 'The One You Get' 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z After the Stonewall riots in 1969, young gay men who had been derided as "sissies" began celebrating gym-buffed bodies, said Les Wright, editor of the bear history tome "The Bear Book." 'Where the Bears Are' strikes a comic chord with a gay subculture 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z “There’s no such thing as ‘sissy bounce,’” Freedia says of the term, which was created by a music writer, not New Orleans artists themselves. Twerk? Yaka? Duffy? Buku? Big Freedia’s Guide to Bounce Music Slang 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “As Jimmy said a few months ago, ‘Growing old is not for sissies.’ Jimmy Buffett's widow honors musician: 'He smiled all the time, even when he was deeply ill' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “You got to be a little sissy and cry about everything. But at the end of the day, you want results. Donald Trump’s my guy. He’s proved it on a national level.” Trump Crushing DeSantis and G.O.P. Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z “Growing old is not for sissies, I promise you,” Buffett said in his May hospital statement. Jimmy Buffett's headlining Summerfest performance in Milwaukee is canceled 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “They are trying to make sissies out of our boys, and they are trying to make boys out of our girls,” the Marine, Tim Lee, said. Southern Baptists’ Fight Over Female Leaders Shows Power of Insurgent Right 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The same year, the government banned “sissy men” from appearing on television, accusing them of weakening the nation. As China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Culture, the Show Does Not Go On 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z These last few years have been unimaginably challenging for Jimmy and me, and we’re definitely not sissies,” Slagsvol said in the Sept. 9 missive. Jimmy Buffett's widow honors musician: 'He smiled all the time, even when he was deeply ill' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “Growing old is not for sissies, I promise you,” Buffett continued. Jimmy Buffett cancels South Carolina show after hospitalization 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z They don't have a cross anymore, because they think the cross is kind of sissy. Author Jeff Sharlet explains why "neofascists are not going to stop" 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Every boy knows the sting of being called a sissy. Opinion | The Bud Light controversy reminds us how toxic masculinity can be 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It says “REissued,” meaning, buy a gun or you’ll stay a sissy. WA assault weapons bill goes after the biggest guns — in more ways than one 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z A network executive told her, “You’re going to turn every boy in America into a sissy.” ‘Free to Be ... You and Me’ at 50: Still empowering. Still controversial. 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z They added they were mobilised late at night to protect the "honour and property of the people" and that they would not allow "a few sissies" to disrupt the order of the country. Factbox: Iran's Basij force: specialists in cracking down on dissent 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Accompanying text reveals Williams’s answer when he was asked why he read all those “sissy” magazines. In Alabama, exploring the life and legacy of Hank Williams 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z After the third game, Bird said the Celtics “played like sissies” and promised that the Lakers would never again out-tough Boston. AP Was There: Bird beats Magic in 1st Finals showdown 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z "Art was for sissies, and I was always bottom of the class," he told one interviewer. Obituary: Richard Rogers 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z But experts fear little will change while the Chinese state continues to promote criticism of what it calls "sissy men". China: The death of a man bullied for being 'effeminate' 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z To thrive, many men also need the freedom not to be “men” at all, but rather to become sissies, scrawny historians or even women, a cultural evolution Mr. Hawley and his conservative ilk adamantly oppose. Opinion | Josh Hawley and the Republican Obsession With Manliness 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The prolific writer, who was also a self-described “sissy,” “feminist,” “serial monogamist,” “big quitter” and “pirate,” published a number of essays throughout his illustrious career examining art and culture. Dave Hickey, prolific and provocative art critic, dies at 82 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z I also grew up being beaten up for being a sissy, but I also was beating people up for calling my aunts and uncles the N-word. What LGBTQ+ comedians really think of Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Party to the rescue: "sissy looking" boys banned from programmes. Why China's Xi Jinping looks to be pursuing a road back to socialism 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z "Boys are supposed to be naughty, fight, and swear. Boys who are too quiet and polite are effeminate and called sissy." China: The death of a man bullied for being 'effeminate' 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Effeminate male idols — “sissy boys” — have been vilified. China is purging celebrities and tech billionaires. But the problem is bigger than 'sissy men' 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Last week, regulators ordered broadcasters to encourage “masculinity” and put a stop to “abnormal beauty standards” such as “niangpao,” a slur that translates to “sissy men.” Xi Jinping’s crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “Looking at everybody online, there was comment after comment that they wanted their sissy blue shirt,” Witzling said. Sissy blue could line UCLA football players' pockets with green thanks to NIL deal 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z To support its plans, Xi’s government is trying to create what it deems a more wholesome society by reducing children’s access to online games and banning “sissy men” who are insufficiently masculine from TV. China chases ‘rejuvenation’ with control of tycoons, society 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Broadcasters must "put an end to sissy men and other abnormal aesthetics" it said in a notice, using the term niangpao, an insult for "effeminate" men. China: The death of a man bullied for being 'effeminate' 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z They should promote traditional culture and “establish a correct beauty standard,” it said, singling out “sissy idols,” or men who wear makeup or act feminine, as a particular offense. China is purging celebrities and tech billionaires. But the problem is bigger than 'sissy men' 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Regulators on Wednesday summoned Tencent and Netease over their online gaming platforms, ordering the companies to eliminate content promoting “incorrect values” such as “money worship” and “sissy” culture. Xi Jinping’s crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In fact, Orgeron, after being heckled by a fan while walking into the Rose Bowl earlier in the day, shot back, telling the fan to bring it on — “in your little sissy blue shirt.” Since a National Title, Some Very Difficult Days at L.S.U. 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z "Bring you a—on, in your sissy blue shirt," he said. LSU's Ed Orgeron fires back at heckler and their 'sissy blue shirt' 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Broadcasters must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics,” the TV regulator said, using an insulting slang term for effeminate men - “niang pao,” or literally, “girlie guns.” China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Movie stars Zhou Dongyu and Du Jiang read the statement aloud, condemning fan culture and the “deformed aesthetics” of “sissy men” as signs that entertainers had become “slaves of the market.” China is purging celebrities and tech billionaires. But the problem is bigger than 'sissy men' 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Internet users criticized the order against “sissy” culture as state-sponsored homophobia. Xi Jinping’s crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In addition, the Chopper is sporting many customized features: a long-and-low banana seat that’s supported by a custom stainless-steel sissy bar, and a high-rise handlebar that creates a comfortable riding position for laid-back cruising. Harley-Davidson’s custom electric chopper is up for auction, and I must have it 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Radtke writes of how parents in the first half of the 20th century were instructed not to over-coddle their babies, lest they grew up to be “sissies.” Review: Feeling lonely? Join the club with an intense new graphic memoir 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The language is mild, but a character is called a “sissy.” What to watch with your kids: ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ and more 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z As my T-shirt says, “Growing old is not for sissies.” Rant & Rave: After years of searching, scratching and sniffing, a reader gives up on cantaloupe 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The stunt was a campaign ploy aimed at showing how tough he was on rioters and what a bunch of sissies the Democratic leaders of those three cities were. Seattle, the ‘anarchist city’ that never was 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z “You worried so much about me, but look sissy, I didn’t turn out too bad,” Barnes said as she displayed the black gown she was just donned with. Carla Barnes is first Black judge in 11th Judicial Circuit 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z “We need to stop being a country of sissies.” As Brazil’s Covid Crisis Eases, Bolsonaro Sees Rising Popularity 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “No more of these sissy sandwiches. No more valet parking. And no more of these preppy parties, man.” My Mustache, My Self 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z His approach to some public health matters has been determined not by deference to experts but by toxic masculinity, including a belief that masks are for sissies. Opinion | Trump’s character flaws have damaged the country. They will determine his political fate. 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z He thought makeup was for sissies, but the producers worried that his bald head would shine under the lights. Lillian Brown, Makeup Artist to Nine Presidents, Dies at 106 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “I see the crews of other cartoons sitting in a deli complaining about ‘Mad,’ like a bunch of sissies,” says a character called the Watcher, looking into the future. 'That's all, folks': A Burbank deli leaves behind a surprising cartoon legacy 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z On social media, critics warned of “government overreach” and something even more ominous in rugged mountain culture, which the mask-wearing Kilgore ran into in the hardware store: the perceived “sissy” factor. This rural Virginia community thought it could escape the pandemic. Now, it has among the highest number of new cases in the state. 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z “I used to call people sissies for leaving the country, because you’re afraid of doing the change and everything,” said Mohammed Serhan, 30, a political organizer and cleanup volunteer who protested for months. Desperate to Leave Beirut, Young Lebanese Are Also the Ones Fixing It 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z When he showed no interest in sports, he said his father called him a “sissy.” Larry Kramer, writer who sounded alarm on AIDS, dies at 84 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z He publicly shamed them as "a sad organization of sissies." Larry Kramer, author and activist who was a major hero in the fight against AIDS, dies at 84 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z His parents constantly pleaded with him to “stop putting on airs,” asking themselves why their son had to behave like a “sissy.” ‘I Always Write With a Sense of Shame’ 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The other members of his family made fun of him for playing what they viewed as an effeminate game and called him a sissy at the dinner table. The story of Moe Norman, golf’s troubled genius - Golf Digest 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “I was called sissy in my young life,” Mr. dePaola told the New York Times in 1999, “but instead of internalizing these painful experiences, I externalize them in my work.” Tomie dePaola, creator of gently humorous picture books, dies at 85 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “Addressing isn’t for sissies,” an addressing coordinator once told a national convention. The unlisted: how people without an address are stripped of their basic rights 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z He thought golf a sissy game and it was only curiosity after the round that prompted him to try a few shots for himself on the range. Will Greg Norman reach superstardom? - Golf Digest 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z “This ain’t no beauty salon. We don’t do that sissy stuff here,” the barber, using an expletive, said, Mr. Middleton recalled. When a Haircut Is More Than Just a Haircut 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z I could stand sissy, punk, and even homo. Why I'm reclaiming the homophobic slur I used to fear 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z He exhibited homophobia when he said tame institutional music was sissy effeminate. Commentary: As the L.A. Phil prepares for Power to the People! festival, Ives sets the stage 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z On the campaign trail, Donald Trump amassed his base with the promise to be a tough, manly leader, a real American man with no time for liberal sissies. Perspective | Judging by recent debates, men might be too emotional to be president 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Grownups, in this situation, would normally negotiate a compromise, but compromise in politics, as we all know, is for sissies and snowflakes. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “He was one of those that was taught you would be sissy to do theatre, and he did not want me to grow up like that.” Man leaves factory work to pursue career in voice acting 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z They’re taught that weakness is a character flaw associated with punks and sissies. SNYDER: NBA’s Wade reminds that fatherhood is about unconditional love 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Mornings, he would meet his buddies at the Country Mart coffee shop to rail about sissy liberals and laugh at the latest jokes about Hillary Clinton. Perspective | What happens when we get tired of letting Trump divide us? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “Here in front of you? I might be the biggest sissy you’ve ever had on the show.” Inside Hot Ones, the wildly popular and violently spicy YouTube show 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z As they clanked and whacked, he said, the coaches yelled: “Don’t be a sissy, hit him!” A Lineman Became a Doctor, but Dementia Made Him Retire. He’s Only 42. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Marked as a sissy, a preppie turns to his housemaster’s understanding wife. Movies on TV this week: Sept. 29: 'Almost Famous' and more 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z He’s called his songs “punk rock for sissies”, but no genre was more rule-bound than punk. ‘I dreaded that song coming out’: Ben Folds on Brick, William Shatner and hitting rock bottom 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Old age, as Bette Davis said, ain’t no place for sissies. Judith Kerr was both sweetness and steel – and I'll miss her | Nancy Banks-Smith 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Researcher Zheng Jiawen from Nanjing University’s School of Journalism and Communications contends that “China’s real crisis of masculinity isn’t ‘sissy pants.’ To fight K-pop’s influence in China, a club teaches young boys to be alpha males 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z As Samir muses in one reflective moment: “Immigration, it is not for sissies … The price for a better life, you see, it is always a little higher than you think it will be.” This play set in a U.S.-run interrogation center takes place in the exact room where the playwright became a U.S. citizen 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “I thought it was a sissy game,” she often said. Marilynn Smith, Hall of Fame golfer who helped found the LPGA, dies at 89 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z They said that people called them weak, soft, cowards, sissies and plenty more expletives that aren’t worth repeating. Tom Izzo's abuse of Aaron Henry was the act of a bully and a coward 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z “I’m not going to talk much, because there are some fans here from team ‘fifi’,” he said from the pitch, using a term sometimes rendered as ‘sissy’ he favors to belittle critical voices. Mexican president jeered by hostile crowd at baseball event 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z “This will not be a league for pantywaists and sissies,” McMahon said; the players wore nicknames, such as “He Hate Me,” on the backs of their jerseys. Are You Ready for Some (More) Football? 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z “I was a sissy little boy,” Roi said. Perspective | That mural of a luscious Marilyn Monroe is a reminder of the pain she soothed 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z When James was five, other kids started calling him a sissy, and he retreated into comics and books. Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z A 2018 article published by the state news agency Xinhua said China’s pop idols were spawning a generation of “sissy boys”. China 'censors earrings of male stars on video-streaming site' 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z “We will teach the children to play golf, go sailing and be equestrians,” said Mr. Tang, 39, “but we will never cultivate sissies.” In China, a School Trains Boys to be ‘Real Men’ 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The notion of masculinity is under fierce debate in China after a back-to-school television show, mandatory viewing for returning students, showed men with appearances deemed by some to be too effeminate or “sissy.” Analysis | After ‘sissies’ appear on TV, China debates the definition of masculinity 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z When Fielding extemporised the end of one sketch with the line "the last one dead's a sissy", there were hysterics. Obituary: Fenella Fielding 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Boys who default from gender norms of behaviour are deemed “sissies”; girls are “tomboys”. Can we choose our own identity? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z I wasn't depressed, just realistic, getting old, stuff happens, a nurse told me getting old is not for sissies. To Slash Your Risk of Heart Disease, Keep Moving 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z You would be considered, for lack of a better term, a sissy. Favre says he might have had “thousands” of concussions 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Xinhua, the powerful state news agency, lambasted the singers as “sissy pants” and said they were “not men, but not women.” Analysis | After ‘sissies’ appear on TV, China debates the definition of masculinity 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Mussolini, like Roosevelt, transformed himself from a sissy into a fire-breathing imperialist. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z McMahon asked rhetorically at the news conference announcing plans for the original XFL “This will not be a league for pantywaists and sissies.” Vince McMahon says he’s bringing back the XFL — but not as you remember it 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z “I want the world to know you’re a sissy,” he hisses at one married man he sells sex to. A powerful dramatisation of the murder of Gianni Versace 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Ernie Stautner, coach of the Cowboys’ celebrated Doomsday Defence, forbade his charges from wearing gloves on the grounds that they were “for sissies”. The day the quarterback’s cool head settled NFL’s coldest contest | Barry Glendenning 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z The state-run 21st Century newspaper then posted an article called “If a teenager is sissy, then the country is sissy.” Analysis | After ‘sissies’ appear on TV, China debates the definition of masculinity 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z He even has a sweet tooth and enjoys desserts — something associated with being a sissy for many Japanese men. New Year’s Eve in Japan: Watching a hit TV show about a man who eats alone 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “No more sissies,” Byrd agreed, and the speech resumed. Comedian sent by Jimmy Kimmel disrupts Roy Moore’s rally 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Parents were more bothered by “sissy” sons than “tomboy” daughters. Making sense of the culture war over transgender identity 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z So, okay, this isn't complicated—it's the same "this isn't a sport for sissies!" argument you hear in football every time some defensive back gets ejected for flying headfirst, missile-like, into a defenseless receiver. Please bench Aaron Judge now! - Golf Digest 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The late actress Bette Davis famously declared, “Getting old ain’t for sissies,” and the same is true for living with a disability or chronic illness. Perspective | I live with disabling illness and chronic fatigue. It has taught me to ask for help. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z She said he told her he lied to avoid looking like a “sissy.” He’s in prison for life for a violent carjacking. His mother says he belongs in a mental hospital. 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Yet Sermak’s book brings to mind a different Davis reflection that her fans will find more perceptive with each passing year: “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” Book Review: Memoir is bittersweet farewell to Bette Davis 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z “If more stores do this, it will encourage parents and children to not feel ashamed of their preferences. The fear that you will feminize your child or make him a sissy is ignorant or obscene.” Gender War, Aisle 3: Unisex Kids’ Clothes Stir British Backlash 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z I keep telling sissy that we need to learn this other one song that shall not be named. Allison Moorer discusses long-overdue duets album with sister Shelby Lynne 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z “Drag is a protest. Drag is a raised fist inside a sequined glove! Drag is a lot of things, baby, but drag is not for sissies!” From Elvis to drag queen: ‘Georgia McBride’ follows one Florida man’s metamorphosis 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Don’t say — and don’t let your son say — that someone throws or runs like a girl, or use “sissy” or any of its more offensive synonyms. How to Raise a Feminist Son 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Take the email from Mary from Montana with the subject line: “You sissy, Ben Jacobs.” Montana assault breeds 'frightening' talk of violence against journalists 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z It cautions people against labelling boys who don't fit the gender stereotypes as "sissy" or describing outspoken girls as "tomboyish". Indian young people offered progressive advice on sexuality - BBC News 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z I started singing backup for sissy when I was 17. Allison Moorer discusses long-overdue duets album with sister Shelby Lynne 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Poultry farmers were informed that having their chickens see the world through rose-tinted cheaters would “make a sissy of your toughest birds.” In Many Species, a Family Dinner Means Something Else 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The ad’s narration, the story explained, informed consumers that each of the stars in the spot was “one of those sissies who uses his wife’s hair spray.” 50 Years Ago This Week: The Problem With Building a 'Great Society' 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z His wit — usually deadpan and dry — wasn’t for sissies, to borrow from his vernacular. It’s all a joke, so we may as well laugh 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z We poets may be crybabies and sissies, but our pens can become nuclear weapons. Aftermath: Sixteen New Yorker Writers on Trump’s America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Reason 10: "Because satellite channels normalize men being effeminate and sissies." Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Worrying about boys growing up to be sissies---who even says that anymore outside the men's rights movement ? The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let Kids Play! 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “We’re trained to swallow our emotions, to not seem like a sissy. But those expectations don’t exist in our relationship, which is such a relief.” How Two Producers of ‘Transparent’ Are Making Trans Lives More Visible — Starting With Their Own 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z These were, after all, sissy liberals engaged in stultifying cultural squabbles. How ‘Political Correctness’ Went From Punch Line to Panic 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Shupe recalls feeling like an outcast, being admonished for acting like a “sissy” and without any role models, struggling to articulate feelings of a gender mismatch. Jamie Shupe becomes first legally non-binary person in the US 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z When they express emotions such as pain or sadness, we tell them to stop “being sissies.” We’re asking the wrong question about domestic violence 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Beneath the pleasantries, it was clear that Mike thought I was putting my son at risk of turning into what used to be called a sissy — a concept whose demise he regrets. The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let Kids Play! 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The society I come from is still very patriachal and men are expected to be above women, and anyone who comes in with new ideas about equality is seen as a “sissy”. 'It's about money and muscles': men discuss what it means to be a man today | Guardian readers and Sarah Marsh 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z In the film’s introduction you quote Mark Aghuar’s “A Litany for My Heavenly Brown Body” which rejects whiteness, beauty and privilege while at the same time blessing the “sissies, trans, high femmes.” This documentarian is fighting back against gay culture's 'No Fats, No Femmes' mantra 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z For me, living longer means getting old — which, my mother always told me, is not for sissies. A Bittersweet Passover: Cancer, Remission and Change 1465-10-19T05:00:00Z The composer Charles Ives, for instance, spent his whole career in a sort of cringe, fearfully anticipating the accusation that to make music was a “sissy” activity. From gay conspiracy to queer chic: the artists and writers who changed the world 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z I am enthusiastic overall with the everything else he's doing but the comments about women and men and raising boys to be sissies left a... The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let Kids Play! 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Altman would run through the snowdrifts, and then, Richmond said, "He would always take off his shirt and call us" sissies. Coaches Dana Altman of Oregon, Lon Kruger of Oklahoma are best friends, but one has to lose Saturday 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Where other pilots would say, “Kick your tires, light your fires, and the last one off’s a sissy,” Capt. Brown took a far less cavalier attitude to his job. Eric Brown, unflappable British test pilot who set world records, dies at 97 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z "These were no Hollywood sissies," Times columnist Jim Murray wrote of the Rams. The 1979 L.A. Rams recall their unlikely run to Super Bowl and what might've been in loss to Steelers 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z She was routinely called “sissy,” assigned the role of cheerleader during neighborhood basketball games and denied entry to a local Boy Scout troop, she said. ‘A Whole New Being’: How Kricket Nimmons Seized the Transgender Moment 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z He ignores civic and cultural politesse when that politesse is not just old sissy stuff but a melting-pot tradition that exists for good reason. A Rash Leader in a Grave Time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The marketplace of ideas is not for sissies, in other words. For thin-skinned college students, we have nobody to blame but ourselves 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z "I got so many negative comments from lots of parents saying I was really over-the-top and my daughter was a sissy for being scared," she said. Norwich PrimEvil Halloween clown ad was 'irresponsible' - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z But coming to terms with or even embracing cinema’s robust history of sissy villains and problematic queer archetypes engages in a radical act of what queerness is: taking something imperfect and transforming it. Evil but fabulous: in praise of films' complicated, queer villains | Nico Lang 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z I’d been called a sissy before, not by her but by plenty of other people. A Modest Proposal 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Allen said Judkins “stepped in and smoothed a lot of rough edges for the old man” while he “took her under his wing, and my little sissy began to flourish, and they became a team.” ‘This is my ministry:’ Woman takes on father’s gospel legacy 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z "Baby sissy ... baby sissy ... yaaaa!" big sis Mila, 2, said in a home video her mom showed the world when she announced her second pregnancy. Jenna Bush Hager welcomes second daughter; grandpa dubs the baby an 'honorary Texan' 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z “Old age,” as Bette Davis once said, “is no place for sissies.” 7 Habits of People Who Age Well 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z As Ethics Commissioner Chairwoman Karen Long said last week, “Public service is not for sissies.” Collection of recent editorials from Oklahoma newspapers 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z They all seem to underscore Bette Davis’ famous quote, “Old age is no place for sissies.” Achieving Your Dreams After 60 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “My parents danced, so that was the last thing I wanted to do. Ballroom dancing was for sissies,” she said recently. Connecticut couple dances together on PBS ballroom series 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z One man's genius is apparently another man's sissy. 'Mayweather simply held all the aces' 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z “But to them I was gay. I was what they called a ‘sissy.’ Transgender Inmate Cites Attacks and Abuse in Men’s Prison 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Later, when a woman called him a sissy, he took possession of the insult and assumed the name. Cross-dresser Sissy Goodwin decides to leave the Cowboy State 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The most frightening thing to me was witnessing the sissy reaction of my country to being cyber bullied and threatened with violence. Your views: The Interview released by Sony 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z But he also noted in his biography that it was the color of little girls’ bedrooms and some considered it for sissies. ‘Robot march’ to protest Iowa’s pink locker room 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z As mentioned, however, those who forgo the Ice Bucket Challenge and cut a check to ALS instead should not run afoul of this judicial doctrine, so sissies of the world, unite. Could The IRS Disallow Ice Bucket Challenge Charitable Contributions? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z So finally I was like: ‘O.K., I’m a sissy. Do you have a place where sissies can go and be O.K.?’ Transgender Inmate Cites Attacks and Abuse in Men’s Prison 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Routinely called the “Texas tomboy,” she said makeup and fashion were for “sissies.” A Maverick Golfer’s Struggles in a More Conformist Time 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z “I don’t want my plants to be sissies,” he said. Farmer committed to restoring the land 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z My father never called soccer a sissy sport again, and actually began attending my games, so for me, it was a cherished memory. Uruguayan Player’s Return After Head Injury Stirs Debate 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The Revolt's top-of-the-bar "sissy" brakes distinguish this bike, allowing you to brake while keeping your hands in the most-used riding position instead of switching to the hoods. A new breed of bikes built for 'gravel grinders' 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z And I’m not one of the naysayers or the obstructionists or sissies, as you call them, standing in the way. Ralph Nader: “The left is seized by fear and the right is driven by brass” 2014-05-02T11:44:00Z Some of the marketing is clearly aimed at telling guys that they’re not sissies when they drink cider. Sweet! The Smooth Rise of Non-Bitter Not-Quite-Beer Beverages 2014-03-06T15:59:05Z The fear of “sissies” and narrow definitions of masculinity are still very much embraced throughout American society, and too often, goes unchallenged. Michael Sam presents NFL’s real manhood test: Is it as mature as college football? 2014-02-12T15:53:00Z “A sissy. Always with some sissy book in his back pocket. It should have been you, brother. Up to the knees!” Zadie Smith: “Moonlit Landscape with Bridge.” 2014-02-03T05:00:00Z Hitzlsperger said his own record shattered the idea that gays are "sissies." Former German World Cup player comes out as gay 2014-01-08T20:28:43Z Clearly, moving – like every other part of aging – isn’t for sissies. The New Old Age Blog: The Getting Was Good 2014-01-02T19:45:04Z “In the black community, the image that ‘gay men are sissies’ is amped up a billion times. Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are Face of H.I.V. 2013-12-05T03:33:20Z When Parents Need Nurturing “Growing old is not for sissies.” Well: When Parents Need Nurturing 2013-09-16T13:01:25Z So Steve Lonegan, the Republican Senate candidate in New Jersey, probably felt he was on solid ground Tuesday when he basically called his Democratic opponent, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a sissy. Cory Booker Rival Takes Macho Too Far 2013-08-29T16:50:28Z A few miles from the county courthouse, in Mel’s Family Diner, waitresses served up signature dishes — sissy burgers and biker omelets — and voiced tentative relief. Tense Over Looming Zimmerman Verdict, City Eases in Its Aftermath 2013-07-16T01:28:56Z Thus provoked, my father ran down the hallway screaming, “Rams are sissies!” First Looks and Lasting Impressions of Athletes’ Debuts 2013-06-25T05:13:13Z “We played like a bunch of sissies,” he said then. NBA Finals: Miami Heat’s LeBron James is pointing fingers — at himself 2013-06-12T22:55:37Z As he says, "Balance is not for sissies." How to design your ideal life 2013-05-20T08:00:02Z I’ve heard a black pastor rail about the “punks and sissies” ruining the world, and God’s name was the first my mother invoked as she rebuked the frightened teenager trying to come out to her. Jason Collins: Black — and gay — like me 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z They'd say "kick your tyres, light your fires, and the last one off's a sissy". Captain 'Winkle' Brown: Is he the greatest pilot ever? 2013-04-23T10:46:22Z That is to say, they become exactly the “sissy” or “fairy” the coach suggests they are. Why do athletes tolerate abusive coaches? 2013-04-05T22:50:00Z Chow said “small but noticeable portion of people” poked fun at his doing rhythmic gymnastics, with gibes like “gymnastics is a girl sport” or “sissy.” Rhythmic Gymnastics Remains Women-Only at Olympics 2012-08-11T18:26:37Z I might not show up, but then again I'm kind of a sissy. Secret to Outstanding Customer Service 2012-07-24T13:40:00Z In this, the genuine Brooklyn, crosswalks are for sissies, classic apartments are walk-ups, loud is the default sound level, and burly men of a certain vintage still wear sleeveless undershirts in public. In Brooklyn, Greenpoint Ready to Follow in Williamsburg’s Footsteps 2012-07-20T19:47:18Z But I wasn't an overly effeminate child, was never bullied as a “sissy” and, by the time I was 10, was indistinguishably as annoying, uncouth and wired as my close male peers. Is Your Child Gay? 2012-07-06T14:15:00.207Z The former champion said he talks to athletes about everything, from being bullied as a child -- when he was called "sissy" and worse -- to long ago accepting the fact he is gay. Greg Louganis dives into job as Olympic mentor 2012-06-14T19:34:33Z Or, ‘He did a terrible thing, but at least he’s not a sissy.’ Gospel Music Book Challenges Black Homophobia 2012-06-01T19:37:25Z Perhaps his sleep-deprived and testosterone-deprived youth turned him into a sissy with male anxiety he channels into lashing at those weaker than him? When Should Schools Start in the morning? 2012-05-20T19:15:00.237Z I knew he was a sissy and a crying guy. Dexter Manley on Joe Gibbs and incentives 2012-03-06T21:56:03Z “I was very proud of myself,” he said, “because I was considered a sissy back home.” City Room: Have Dinner, Learn E-Mail and Feel Free to Be Yourself 2012-02-29T22:27:47Z In a voice of joy which vibrated upon every heart, the one who had first arrived, and who had acquired a little English, replied — “Oh, massa, she me own dear sissy!” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Doing business in Africa is not for sissies. Taking the Risk out of Doing Business Overseas 2011-12-21T17:02:00Z “They yelled ‘sissy’ and we didn’t answer them.” The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z “The sissy is no match for a fool-killer,” grinned Sam, as he wound the cord several additional turns around Rutley’s arms and body. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Jimmy's delicacy, the great care taken of him, the fact that he always played in the house or back-yard with his sisters, made a sissy of him. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z They have also particular ways to designate persons of all ages among themselves; their old women they call “grandy,” those of a middle age “aunté,” while the younger women are nominated “see,” or “sissy.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The other boys will not confine their calls of "sissy" to their hearts and it is likely to go hard with that boy. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z You got a tight hold on his collar, sissy?” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z What they’re trying to do now is to kill the marines’ soul, to turn them into sissies. A Korean ?Sacred Duty? Harbors a Dark Side 2011-07-30T22:33:31Z Small wonder that Japan’s young, creative engineers are getting in touch with their inner sissy. Innovation in Japan: Samurai go soft 2011-07-14T11:01:07Z Oh, my dear sissy, I did not mean your Bogey: I meant mine. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z And don't we call him "sissy" in our hearts? Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z “Don’t hurt my mommy, don’t hurt my sissy — I need them,” the girl, now 9, recalled telling Mr. Jackson when she testified in the case. City Room: Guilty Verdicts in Attack on a Crown Heights Family 2011-06-27T21:54:17Z Genetic determinists who denounce nondeterminists as antiscientific, politically correct sissies should be force-fed this chilling history of how human genetics was misapplied not only by Nazis but even by well-meaning progressives in the U.K., Cool Science Classics for Summer Reading, Part 2 2011-06-20T16:15:04.243Z His story has been cited as evidence that the use of punitive behavioral therapy can prevent "sissy boys" from growing up gay. The 'Sissy Boy' Experiment: Why Gender-Related Cases Call for Scientists' Humility 2011-06-09T14:50:00Z Well, never mind, my darling sissy; don’t let a thing like that upset you. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Even that is better, though, than being a "sissy." Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z I hate a sissy boy who uses fine handkerchiefs. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Who of us has not heard the uncultured boor boast that he is not restricted by any "sissy manners"? Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Deputies responded to the home March 6 after the dead girl's three-year-old sister alerted her parents that "sissy would not wake up," the affidavit said. Man says 1-year-old daughter's overdose accidental 2011-04-08T21:06:38Z De bells would ring for day, sissy, and we had to get up and start right in working, yes mam. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z But we don't really have any sissies on our team. UCLA beats St. John's 66-59 in Lavin's return 2011-02-05T21:54:09Z I was not a sissy, to let a common cold frighten me and send me trembling to the doctor. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Anyone who knows Jay and has played with Jay and seen the hits he's taken in his career knows he's not a sissy. Urlacher still upset over Cutler criticism 2011-01-29T00:18:30Z Ford, cursing New York theatergoers as a bunch of “sissy Communards,” caravaned the show back to Detroit, where it enjoyed a 90-year run. City Room: Can't-Miss Broadway Extravaganzas That Did 2011-01-14T20:51:23Z It’s too sissy,’ and he walked right away. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Because most gay men will spend their whole lives not trying to be the sissy, the pansy, the queer. Helping Gay Actors Find Themselves Onstage 2010-12-12T22:57:00Z "The aggressive team usually gets the advantage," Izzo said, "but we were taking it like a sissy and they took it up like men." Jackson lifts No. 8 Syracuse past No. 7 Mich. St. 2010-12-08T05:56:00Z I'm not a sissy, but I'm not going to lie, I cried a little bit. ASU blocks its way to 30-29 win over Arizona 2010-12-03T06:11:00Z Hopefully, you all don't think I'm a sissy. Handicapping the Ryder Cup teams 2010-09-25T18:32:00Z It is what regulatory jargon now calls the Sifis, standing for “systemically important financial institutions” and pronounced something like “sissies,” that really matter. High & Low Finance: A Step on Bank Rules, but Not Yet a Solution 2010-09-16T21:23:00Z In a way, though, I’ve made my answer to your question known: I’m on record as saying, “Anybody who doesn’t think the best hamburger in the world is in his hometown is a sissy.” | Shake Shack 2010-08-26T14:41:00Z Some part of this subgenre’s popularity is surely due to the catchily discordant name by which it has become known: sissy bounce. Sissy Bounce, New Orleans?s Gender-Bending Rap 2010-07-23T16:50:00Z In the face of this triple win, caring about the environment was for sissies: as senator Mitch McConnell put it, "in Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana and Texas, they think oil rigs are pretty". Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world 2010-06-18T23:01:00Z Then he hoisted it by its sissy bar, which would not retract. Salvatore Scibona: “The Kid.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z Afterward, Larry Bird famously said of his club, “We played like a bunch of sissies.” Ventre: Somebody needs to wake up the Mamba 2010-06-07T06:44:00Z The manager accused his protege of betraying the band's credo - saying he had behaved "like a constructive sissy rather than a destructive lunatic". 'Cash from chaos' 2010-04-09T12:01:00Z The term is problematic, because the artists themselves do not care for it at all — not because they object to the word “sissy” but because they consider it disrespectful to bounce music. Sissy Bounce, New Orleans?s Gender-Bending Rap 2010-07-23T16:50:00Z He was particular about it not being sissy pink or bubblegum pink. 2010-02-14T20:11:00Z “Then why did you accept that pearl ring Lord Henry sent you, sweet sissy?” A Double Knot You lie still and shut up, and I suspect that sissy boarder of yours will come back, after he's through embracing your daughter in the snow, and find you in one piece. The Voice of the Pack "They had one down our way, a sissy of a chap, that women fairly went crazy over, but you say your brother died." The Cottage of Delight A Novel The term “sissy bounce” is one for which a young New Orleans music writer named Alison Fensterstock takes very reluctant credit. Sissy Bounce, New Orleans?s Gender-Bending Rap 2010-07-23T16:50:00Z "Sometimes a fellow seems a sissy when he isn't," he offered. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play “Yes, we will by-and-by, my sweet sissy; but it was shabby of you to let me marry my old man, and then take advantage of my being fast to make up to my former beau.” A Double Knot "Say, sissy, give me one of your curls to remember ye by; won't you?" Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins An’ after that maybe sissy can turn the stun. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn As attendance at even a few shows will tell you, the eager and underserved audience for sissy bounce is clearly, overwhelmingly, women. Sissy Bounce, New Orleans?s Gender-Bending Rap 2010-07-23T16:50:00Z Willy assented, but without animation; he was diffidently searching his inner consciousness as to whether he himself had not been accused of being a sissy. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play A notably unwild boy is reproached as a sissy and regarded with suspicion, but a girl must not even play at being wild. Stepsons of Light If she was going to act silly and “sissy” he’d leave her to get home the best way she could. Dorothy on a House Boat That little sissy, that used to have to stand on a three-legged stool to turn the stirabout, grown like she has? The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Right now the media’s buying it, so ‘sissy bounce’ it is.” Sissy Bounce, New Orleans?s Gender-Bending Rap 2010-07-23T16:50:00Z Smithy had had a taste of real outdoors, and would never be satisfied again to live in that old "sissy" rut. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine Without kidding, Nelson, he is the best imitation of a sissy I ever saw. A Canadian Bankclerk Tight-hold her, sissy, for such posies as her don’t grow on every bush!” A Sunny Little Lass "I have n't spoiled the tickets, sissy," the conductor said good-naturedly. Ruby at School I can’t see why in tarnation a big feller like him wants to take up such a sissy’s job of piloting a lot of women to heaven.” Captain Pott's Minister My schoolmates used to dub me a sissy because I hated the sight of blood. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John There are two kinds that eventually get the best that the bank has—that's little enough: First, the willies with a pull, and second, the sissies who siss. A Canadian Bankclerk “In course you mustn’t, sissy!” cried a hearty, kindly voice, as a timely deck-hand caught up the child and restored her to Glory’s arms. A Sunny Little Lass However, they did this with pleasure, establishing dreadful reputations among the neat, knickerbocker "sissies" who were foolish enough to cross them. Money Magic A Novel "Helen, you're going to make a sissy out of the boy," he said at last. Native Son It gets my goat to be among a lot of grinds and sissies! Cloudy Jewel You cannot insult a boy more deeply than to tell him he looks like a girl—and the bitterest insult one boy can hand out to another is to call him a "sissy." In Times Like These Best get her home, soon ’s you can, sissy. A Sunny Little Lass Hating myself not a little bit for actually being the sissy I had boasted I was not, I spoke hurriedly, loudly, to cover my confusion. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 “Lamp de guys wit’ de French heels an’ de one wit’ de sissy eyebrow on ’is lip, would youse? Louisiana Lou A Western Story What good do they think they can do, a couple of sissies, and two or three kid vamps, setting up to lisp religion? Cloudy Jewel He had on a white frock, with a satin ribbon around his waist, and he had curls just like mine and sissy's. The Elm Tree Tales I didn't think he was such a sissy then. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor But I'm no pampered sissy, you know, and I want to see—" "Yes," she retorted bitingly, "I know. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Now, sissy, go find an' fetch my axe that got flung off my shoulder when I stumbled. The Brass Bound Box "Come here, sissy, 'n I'll tell y' a story," he said, lazily. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. Papa, you may strap me if you want to, but if I hadn’t fit the boys would have made fun of me and called me sissy, and we went at it like fury. A Modern Cinderella I had commenced to think Bill was a perfect sissy. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor He’s got the sissy manners of a Frenchy, even if he don’t look the part. The Dark Star I reckon if I were a sissy girl I’d say his eyes were soulful, but you see I’m not. The Comings of Cousin Ann When they first came to the front they were known as "sissies," but not for long. Through St. Dunstan's to Light “Yes, sissy, but—but it ain’t that kind of a lamb,” observed the Captain, siding with his favorite at once. Dorothy on a Ranch "Was you hurt, sissy, when you fell down?" Three Little Cousins You said you were afraid of something, and prayed that—" "You know how big a sissy I can be sometimes, Andy. A Choice of Miracles But this one had a look about him that proclaimed him neither a slacker nor a sissy. The Search Until the children were twelve the governess had been all sufficient but at that point Athol rebelled at being “a sissy” and demanded a tutor, Beverly entirely concurring in his views. A Dixie School Girl Never let any of the boys call Eben Pike a sissy any more. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys "Where did you get those shoes, sissy?" said the boy, looking at her bare, bronzed feet. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras And me thinking yet in spite of the fire that he was a kind of sissy boy. William Adolphus Turnpike She had been a bit too saucy to Max Deland, had called him a "sissy," and what boy would bear that? Princess Polly At Play I forgave him at once for calling me poor sissy. Aunt Madge's Story "But that is how you received your appointment, Billie Denman," said the girl, warmly; "and you are neither a sissy nor a blackguard." The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility "Now, you trot along to your stateroom, sissy!" Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Jim put him down in his own mind as a sissy and chafed a little at being put into Tuck's care. Still Jim "There's none of your sissy beauty about Bill, I grant you, but—oh, well"—here the Doctor twirled his mustache complacently. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) The man patted me on the back, just as if I had a fish-bone in my throat, and called me "Poor sissy." Aunt Madge's Story That no man not a sissy can ever learn to thread a needle or darn a sock. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind And now, sissy, I'm glad you're safe with your folks, and I hope you'll grow up into a nice clever woman. A Little Girl in Old Boston It makes it all the worse 'cause he is a regular sissy boy. At the Little Brown House While supper was preparing, Lieutenant Wood, seeing a very pretty little girl, said to her, "Come here, sissy." Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive It made me very angry—seven whole years old—to be called sissy! Aunt Madge's Story Get religion, but don't get the sissy kind. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Captain Sears was inclined to picture him as what he would have called a "sissy," and not much more dangerous than that. Fair Harbor I fixed myself up in the outfit I just threw off, and, with this English tourist rig and a sissy lisp, I succeeded in deceiving everybody. Frank Merriwell's Bravery Say, sissy, you picked your dress too soon. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen In order to demonstrate that he was no sissy but a thorough-going he-man of eleven, he headed a gang of girl tormentors. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book But he was faint and dizzy, and worst of all, as he laughed to himself and said: “Kinder sissy an' soft in spots.” The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills "Nothing but dolls and dolls and more dolls," as a procession of things dear to the feminine heart passed by; "and doll bathtubs and dishes and other sissy things." A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Are we going to allow such sissy goings-on in this, our first camp? The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol "Oh, see the sissy!" cried one boy from the tree, pointing to David, when the riders had moved along. Some Three Hundred Years Ago Whereupon, he, the father of our country, who has been represented as a model in every way, proved that he was no such "sissy" as some of his historians would like to make him out. Ethics in Service "O sissy," exclaimed Frank, "don't say so; I shall come back, and I shall find you well." The Drummer Boy A woman thinks a man is a sissy that gives in to her every whim. Dixie Hart He was still wary of all "rich guys" and "sissies"; but he used to go down and peek through a hole in the fence of Temple's lot when they were practising their games. Tom Slade at Temple Camp I mentioned that, and then added: "They'll think the old cattle towns like Dodge and Abilene were awful sissy places, though." Four-Day Planet He nivver comes to see us nah, As once he used to do, An let mi ride upon his back— Me, an mi sissy too. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect Oh, sis'"—the sunken eyes lighted up—"it's come to me, sissy, it's come. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Do you think we're going to be as sissy as that? The Young Pitcher "I know a boy, we call him 'sissy,' he is so like a girl, and he is always whining, and afraid of cold, and afraid of sun, and afraid of everything." A Sweet Little Maid He was no prude—no sissy—but somewhere every man had to draw the line. Winner Take All I took them to my humble home, Where now they may be seen, The lad,—a noble-minded youth,— His "sissy,"—beauty's queen. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect "But he shan't have you, I tell you—I'll show him I could lick a thousand such sissies with one hand tied behind me." The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Because he didn't want anyone to think him "sissy," he had his wavy hair clipped till his head looked like a golf ball. Across the Fruited Plain You leave that to women and sissies—to the she-male man! The Freebooters of the Wilderness Blue Jeans was no prude—no sissy—but a man had to draw the line somewhere. Winner Take All Sez I to myself, the time for you to be called "sissy" rightfully lays fur back in the past—as much as fifty years back, anyway. Samantha at the World's Fair “He once licked a boy a third bigger than he was, and you needn't call him sissy,” one girl said once to a decrying friend. The Portion of Labor Do, do ask Jesus to forgive your sins, He will hear you, He will make you happy; do, do come right to Him, won't you, sissy?' Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 No, it's punch," he broke in; "and what's the use of dickering with a little two-for-a-cent high-brow, superior, exclusive, self-righteous rag of a daily that will reach only a handful of sissy people? The Freebooters of the Wilderness "But still he goes on with his sissy paint daubing!" says Uncle. On With Torchy As he played, however, he held the boys spellbound and never after failed to get an encore, though many still held that a mandolin was only a "sissy" instrument. "Over There" with the Australians Then that dandified sissy actually kissed my Mama on the cheek, lifting a sprig of mistletoe up with one hand. A Place so Foreign You, and the sort of thing you call our position, made a sissy of me right up till the war came along. Poor Man's Rock Well, we went in with a whoop; but God wasn't out for the sissies that night, Wayland: he was out with a gun for red blood men! The Freebooters of the Wilderness Just now it is not au fait to like poetry; a man who does is exceedingly wet, indeed; he is effeminate, a sissy. The Plastic Age "He is not too old, anyway, and will deal with more of the blank-blank swine than a hundred of your sissy, white-faced, unweaned kids!" "Over There" with the Australians Why, they call me 'sissy,' and 'Miss Hastings,' and all that.' Tracy Park She's too good a woman, and you need money bad, sissy. David Lockwin—The People's Idol I gathered with no trouble whatever that the party on the ice wagon had so far forgot his own manners as to call little Shelley a sissy. Ma Pettengill Hemen come from our breed and only a sissy refuses to obey. Judith of the Godless Valley Before I reached puberty I was sometimes called a 'sissy' by my father. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion There is nothing, I think, more despicable than a masculine, mannish woman, unless it be an effeminate, sissy man. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" "You think it's some good--this letter--don't you, sissy?" David Lockwin—The People's Idol Even mule skinners would drive blocks out of their way just to hear little Shelley's words when someone called him sissy or girl-boy. Ma Pettengill If Fowler is going to keep this pace up, I'll say I'm sorry I ever called him a sissy. Judith of the Godless Valley It was as if Joel had dropped out of sight that night when he left a line to his mother saying he was going west to where they raised men, not sissies. The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey The words "dunce" and "sissy" buzzed about his ears like stinging gnats. The Purple Heights When you got 'em learned a little about the game they acted like a lot of sissies over a broken nose or a couple of front teeth out or something. The Wrong Twin Despite his name, Little was not a "sissy," and he was no mean antagonist, as Punch found out. Frank Merriwell at Yale A sissy outfit, that 's what it is," he said abruptly; "and a sissy program. The Cruise of the Dazzler "I don't know why, but I think of all Harvard men as sissies, like I used to be, and all Yale men as wearing big blue sweaters and smoking pipes." This Side of Paradise Without them, it would be a bad case of babysitting sissy assed bureaucrats staking out their ground. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel David did not know what a sissy was; but from the way they said it, he judged it must be even worse to be a sissy than to be a thief. Just David "Ever since I was little, she——" "He's too sissy to be a preacher!" cried Maurice. Penrod Anyway, he 'd never been a "sissy," and why should he be expected to know anything about them? The Cruise of the Dazzler Why, she would think it was a social disgrace if her poor, weak, little lily-fingered, sissy sort of a boy had to earn his living with honest toil. Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities I say misleadingly because you usually associate pink-and-whiteness with such words as sissy and mollycoddle. Buttered Side Down: Stories The boys stared, then sniffed disdainfully, and cast derisive glances into each other's eyes—it appeared that this little sissy tramp boy did not even know enough to discover when he was being laughed at! Just David I used to think everybody was a sissy who wasn't a tough guy. The Mucker They are a getting to be a sissy lot these days, rather lie around a hot stove all winter. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation There isn't a soul on board who isn't laughing at him and saying what a sissy he is. The Box with Broken Seals Your papa ought to know that you have a sissy like him on your mind. Star-Dust We all wore them and you could hardly call us "sissies" for doing so. Over the Top I went up to one of them sissy slackers—" "Mind the kind of a name ye stick on to a soldier of the government! All-Wool Morrison He was a regular "sissy" and cried and sniffled when he was obliged to stay out all night. The Nomad of the Nine Lives I don't want to be a sissy, but I'm not very strong. Poor White That sissy in there with her, and all these here with Cart, and no telling what's up next? The City of Fire Some boys swagger, chew tobacco, talk vulgar, and swear because they do not wish to be called "sissies." Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp "It's a hell of a note when a bunch of sissy slackers can keep real soldiers ten feet from the door of the city armory at the end of a bayonet." All-Wool Morrison But here we are at school, Ally; you get out first, and I will hand sissy out to you. A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life. No boy can come along after nine sisters and not be made a sissy of. Up the Hill and Over Pat knew what he was about after all, a little sissy guy like that—! The City of Fire Better to be called a "sissy" than to win reputed manliness at the cost of self-respect. Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp They are going to put in them sissy slackers—" "Let's not call names, Joe. All-Wool Morrison But, Harry, he—" "Your mother 'ain't got the bills of this shebang to worry about, and your mother don't mind having a college sissy a-laying around the house to support five years longer. Gaslight Sonatas "Lulu, sissy, papa's come; this is papa," the little boy cried, assuming the honor of the introduction. Aikenside He could easily put the sissy over at the parsonage wise, do him a good turn, save his dad some money, but what good would that do Mark? The City of Fire You get into a wrestling match with her and see if she's a sissy. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch Just tell your aunt, sissy, that I called on her. Half a Dozen Girls No boy of mine with a poor daddy eats up four years of his life and my salary training to be a college sissy. Gaslight Sonatas It was just that he did not care to have this strange youth with the sissy name come to Beldingsville and be always around to spoil all their good times. Pollyanna Grows Up It ud drive me crazy to go back an' lay in that soft bed like a reg'lar sissy, an' know he's going to be condemned. The City of Fire I am dead, dead sick of this, sissy. The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw Bunny did not mind playing with his sister Sue, but he did not want to take part in games with too many girls, for sometimes the older boys called him "sissy." Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue "Jule," said Romeo, solemnly, "will you please forgive me for calling you a 'sissy girl'?" Old Rose and Silver Pollyanna had, for the moment, forgotten all about the original subject of the controversy—the name "Jamie" that was dubbed "sissy." Pollyanna Grows Up Harry came to visit the family, and the minute I inspected him over I knew he was a sissy. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors "Well, I'll just tell you, sissy, I fixed it so you both could get in here." Jane Allen, Junior "It's the monkey, sissy; it's Jovarny's monkey; and his name is Pantaloons," explained Teddy. Outpost Only sissy girls are afraid of snakes and rats. Old Rose and Silver "I should hope not!" said Kate, and then added hastily, "it's all right for a lady, but it would seem rather sissy for a man, I believe." A Daughter of the Land There, there," said the old herdsman, comfortingly, "don't you cry, sissy. The Swiss Twins Maybe he's a sissy chap, and will howl at your guns and spiders. Miss Billy But Teddy, shaking his head disapprovingly, muttered, as he carried his little sister away,— "No: it isn't good for you, sissy, to get so tired and worried." Outpost Romeo candidly admitted that twenty dogs might well be sufficient for people of simple tastes and Juliet did not deny that only a "sissy girl" would be annoyed by barking. Old Rose and Silver And he did not appear to hold a grudge against his conqueror; on the contrary when others spoke of the latter as a "sissy," Sam defended him. The Portygee Nobody but dudes and sissies smoke that kind of truck. Cap'n Eri In my heart I pronounced him "a calf," and when I had discovered the English word "sissy," I thought that it just fitted him. The Rise of David Levinsky "I hope she turns out to be half as smart as you are, sissy." Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret He deemed the clerk a filthy, uncultured brute, whose place was in the muck with the swine, and told him so; and he was reciprocally informed that he was a milk-and-water sissy and a cad. The Son of the Wolf "Well, it's a sissy name, if you mean that." One of Ours If he'd seen the 'sissy' kick the ball once, same as I did, it might have changed his mind some. The Depot Master All your life you haven't done anything but trample on sissy boys. Bucky O'Connor The hero is a milk-and-water sissy, without a vital spark in him. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed The other children called him a "sissy," mistaking his conscientiousness for cowardice. The Foundations of Personality He wasn't a bricklayer—not even a workingman—just a regular sissy dude that didn't know a livin' soul in the grounds. The Valley of the Moon "Yes, I 'will you,' sissy," he retorted, without the least exasperation. Bucky O'Connor He was, to be sure, a slender, girlish young fellow, a good deal of a sissy by the look of him, but none the less a sure enough boy. Bucky O'Connor |
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