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minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·25 days agoI always thought it came from pussy(cat), like scaredy-cat Also, fun fact! The word “puss” for cat probably comes from “pspsps” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agopusillanimous - lacking courage, cowardly
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agohttps://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24012 There’s no positive evidence for the pusillanimous → pussy derivation as a genuine historical source — it seems to be a sporadic folk etymology.
minus-squaretree_frog_and_rain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoIt may come from that but the playground bully usage is similar to don’t be a girl. https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/raising-compassionate-boys-dont-pussy-kzh/
I always thought it came from pussy(cat), like scaredy-cat
Also, fun fact! The word “puss” for cat probably comes from “pspsps”
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss
pusillanimous - lacking courage, cowardly
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24012
It may come from that but the playground bully usage is similar to don’t be a girl.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/raising-compassionate-boys-dont-pussy-kzh/