wimpy

wimpy

Overly fearful, anxious, conservative, or reserved; unwilling or unable to do that which is brave, adventurous, or risky. Thank you for the invitation, but I'm way too wimpy to do something like bungee-jumping! Why they put some wimpy guy like him in charge of the regional office is beyond me.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wimpy

mod. weak; inept; square. You are just a wimpy nerd!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • walk on the wild side
  • your heart is in your mouth
  • one's heart is in mouth
  • (one's) heart is in (one's) mouth
  • take a walk on the wild side
  • on the wild side
  • leave (one) to stew
  • be shitting it
  • let (one) stew
  • let somebody stew
References in periodicals archive
The film was followed by three sequels, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules', 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days' and 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul'.
Wimpy, of course, has table service, where it scores over McDonald's, though some McDs will bring your food over - after you've punched your order into a 'selfordering kiosk.'.
Indeed, as a young lad in Aberdare , my regular Saturday afternoon ritual would consist of watching wrestling on ITV's World of Sport - Big Daddy versus Kendo Nagasaki most likely - and eating a Wimpy burger brought back by my parents from a shopping trip to the big city of Cardiff earlier that morning.
"We were just after a walk on the beach while the weather was nice, but I ended up grabbing Jeff 's arm and going, 'Look, love, a Wimpy'," she laughs.
In addition, the 14th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be published in autumn this year.
Indeed, since his first book, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, was published in 2007, about the comical adventures of 12-year-old schoolboy Greg Heffley and his friend Rowley Jefferson, he has penned another 12 in the series.
"Books help me switch off when I am stressed sometimes, particularly adventure books and stuff like Diary of the Wimpy Kid, it's great fun and I also learn a lot from these books," said Hoor, who is a grade six student.
According to Wimpy, following the bad score, franchisee Sanjay Chaddah "straight away" put in place strict new hygiene and cleaning processes, including nightly deep-cleaning - and was "delighted" when his "five"-star ranking was restored.
One of the images released by the council last year of inside the Birkenhead Wimpy
Other popular menu items included Wimpy's Bender in a Bun frankfurter sandwich and the mega-calorific Brown Derby dessert.
Jeff Kinney's best-selling series of books has been given a Caledonian re-vamp by Itchy Coo, the Scots language imprint for children at Black & White Publishing, The first book in the series is Diary o' a Wimpy Wean, re-worked by Scots writer Thomas Clark.
Kinney has published a dozen "Wimpy Kid" books, developed four films based on his wimpy hero, Greg Heffley, and created another six "Wimpy Kid" movie-companion books.
There are Q&A fan videos with the author where they ask Jeff questions like 'how many Wimpy Kid books will Jeff write?' and he answers the questions.
Wimpy is fighting back, and could very well soon be having a glorious renaissance - possibly even gracing your local high street.
ACTION: Charlie Wright in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.