sissy la-la
n.— «A sissy la-la is a woman who acts wussy—that is, she demurs from routine military activities, such as crawling under barbed wire or diving into muddy hole.» —“Re: He doesn’t know jack-shit” by Karen Schneider Usenet: alt.usage.english Oct. 28, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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