weenie

[ wee-nee ]

noun

Origin of weenie

wien(er) + -ie; (def. 3) probably influenced by or continuous with weeny small child, noun use of weeny tiny (see wee, teeny-weeny)

Weight weenies aside, I do think others will dig the design.
First Look: A Trekking Pole that Doubles as a Water Filter | jbeverly | July 30, 2022 | Outside Online
“He felt anybody who bluffed was a weenie, as he would say,” Hotchner remembers.
15 Revelations from New J.D. Salinger Biography | Andrew Romano | September 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
What makes him a weenie is his infinite regression of concessions to the GOP.
Monsters vs. Weenies | Lee Siegel | December 29, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Occasionally you will encounter a thoroughbred weenie, a type of weenie who is to the weaseling, weaselish manner born.
Monsters vs. Weenies | Lee Siegel | December 29, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
The weenie: Reflective, ambivalent, equivocating, seemingly rational and pragmatic, fluid, eager to please.
Monsters vs. Weenies | Lee Siegel | December 29, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

I appeal to all distinguished authors, from Tupper to weenie Willows, to confirm the truth of this assertion.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 | Various
She might even let him take her for a ride way down the river road where they could have a weenie roast and sing songs together.
Plowing On Sunday | Sterling North
Putting her thumb on the top of her little finger, she said, "Oh, I would like so much to have just a teenie-weenie bit of bacon."
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh

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