wuss
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Maybe you’re a fellow weather wuss or you had a pandemic baby who hasn’t seen much of the indoor world yet.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023
My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2021
For me, no sooner, I was a bit of a wuss.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2018
I remember the dizziness, headaches, et. al. and being told to "get back in there" or I was some kind of wuss.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2018
He was still playing, but he’d think I was a wuss.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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