Pissant.

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:59 PM -0400 4/4/01, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>I have the variant "pisswillager,' with a pretty general derogatory
>sense - annoying, insignificant person. I'm pretty sure I had this
>term in my youth (Louisville), but it was a somewhat fanciful term,
>not nearly as common in my speech as 'pissant.'
>
>dInIs

Sounds to me like a cross between "pissant" and Wayne Terwilliger, an
annoying, insignificant utility infielder who played for the Cubs and
some other teams in the 1950's.

larry