Definition of "pantywaist" []

• A child's undergarment consisting of a shirt and pants buttoned together at the waist. (noun)
• Slang A boy or man who is considered weak or effeminate. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But this query is precisely the kind of pantywaist handwringing that rightly goes down in the flood of the he-man Homeland Security strutting that always follows these incidents."
• "Right-wing talk show hosts brayed that he was exhibiting a "pantywaist" response to the "crisis.""
• "Rosica really means by the phrase “civility, charity, mercy and politeness” is a kind of pantywaist political correctness, void of testicular fortitude, that is so afraid to identify and call out blatant evil in the public square."