[Lexicog] Origin and synonyms of "wimp"

[Fritz Goerling]

Nick,

Some feminists use "Neuer Mann" (new man)  in German in a positive sense.
But that is certainly not the rule. Others use it pejoratively.
An English friend of mine proposed "women whisperer" (imitated from the
title of the film "The Horse Whisperer")
for "Frauenversteher". What do you think?

Fritz



  >>There is a social game among men in Germany

  nowadays, where men "insult"/tease one another as "wimps" by all kinds of
terms (over 2000 already and new ones are

  coined every day). Among the top ones is "Frauenversteher" = a man who
understands women. Is there a good

  translation of that one into English?



  A "new man" could perhaps be used derogatively.



  Nick Miller









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