pencil-neck

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Etymology

pencil +‎ neck, popularized by wrestler Freddie Blassie.

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Noun

pencil-neck (plural pencil-necks)

  1. (informal) A person with a very thin neck.
  2. (idiomatic, US, derogatory) An insubstantial person; a weakling.
    That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
    • 1977, Pete Cicero, Martin Margulies (lyrics and music), “Pencil Neck Geek”, performed by Freddie Blassie & The Geekettes:
      Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek.”
    • 2020, Kevin Sullivan, Mary Jordan, quoting Donald Trump, Trump on Trial, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 217:
      On Thursday, March 28, Trump took the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a campaign rally, where he unleashed a new schoolyard nickname: “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff.”

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