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wuss

/wʊs/ Australia, US, UK
/wɵs/ British, Southern, Standard
/wʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊs

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1976–1981 in US college slang. Perhaps abbreviated from wussy, or blend of wimp and puss. Compare earlier wussy.

noun wusses

derogatory, mildly, slang A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person. 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.
Similar: pansy, pushover, weakling, wimp, puss, pussy, coward

verb wusses · wussing · wussed

Only used in wuss out

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noun weak, ineffectual person

Español	calzonazos, pusilánime, encogido, menguado, achumpipado
Português	fracote, bundão
Français	chochotte, mauviette, mou
Deutsch	Weichei, Feigling, Schlappschwanz, Waschlappen, Memme, Schwächling
Italiano	femminuccia, pappamolle, fifone, smidollato, vigliacco, codardo
Ελληνικά	χέστης chéstis, χεζάς chezás, χεζού chezoú
Русский	слаба́к slabák, тря́пка trjápka, ро́хля róxlja, размазня́ razmaznjá, мя́мля mjámlja, тюфя́к tjufják

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@misc{wuss_2026,
  title = {wuss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wuss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}