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    What is namby pamby?

    Question #64970. Asked by soonappear. (Apr 24 06 5:57 AM)


    beeaydee

    		A term for affected, and maudlin speech/verse.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namby_Pamby

    Apr 24 06, 6:03 AM
    ladysnape

    		feeble or unmanly (person)

    ref: The Oxford Popular English Dictionary & Thesaurus (2001)

    Apr 24 06, 6:01 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Referred originally to the poet Ambrose Phillips (1674-1749) some of whose poems were regarded as being rather sickly sweet. http://www.answers.com/topic/ambrose-philips

    Apr 25 06, 6:51 AM

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