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#190: milquetoast

12/16/2015

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the milquetoast man won
took him three years to woo her
the milksop woman
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What would I do without stock photo services!? Geeky people please don't take this personally... I'm not saying geeky folk are wimpy! I'm just trying to use a word in a haiku! 
"Milquetoast" fact: 
"A word originating from a comic strip character in the 1920's named Casper Milquetoast. The word has come to define someone unassertive and timid."


DEFINITION of this 2-syllable noun:
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise. 
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