wussy (1977)

[Wilson Gray]

Isn't this verb "wuss out" and not just "wuss"?

-Wilson

On Aug 12, 2005, at 11:41 AM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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>  wuss (v)
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> _So You're Going to Be a Dad_ by Peter Downey, Da Capo Press Cambridge
> MA, March 1, 2000 [first published in Australia, 1994, Simon and
> Schuster Australia, East Roseville NSW] p. 135
> "Diaper changing, despite the opinion of many, is not an innately
> maternal pastime.  So don't wuss out."
>
>
> _Brutality of fact_ [play] by Keith Reddin, Dramatists Play Service,
> Inc. (New York City), 1995, p. 34
> "Don't wuss out on me now."
>
>
> "Many nominees already on tape; [AM Edition] "
> Norman Wilner SPECIAL TO THE STAR. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Mar 27,
> 1992. pg. C.2
> "On the other hand, there's a certain malevolent glee that arises while
> watching Dustin Hoffman wuss out, twice, in his Best Actor acceptance
> speeches for 1979's Kramer Vs. Kramer and Rain Man nearly a decade
> later, and a deep sense of pride in seeing Paddy Chayefsky's eloquent
> rebuttal to Vanessa Redgrave's "Zionist hoodlums" speech for Julia in
> 1976."
>
> wussified, wussify
>
>
> _Dr. Verne's Northern White Trash Etiquette_, Verne Edstrom, iUniverse
> (Lincoln, NE), November 1, 1999 p. 22.
> "Let him know that you care too much to see him go wussified, that if
> he
> don't quit that damn registered nursing, God'll send him to the dainty
> part of Hell, where they only serve Coors Light and the big screens all
> show figure skating."
>
>
> _Dr. Verne's Northern White Trash Etiquette_, Verne Edstrom, iUniverse
> (Lincoln, NE), November 1, 1999 p. 57.
> "I got this problem.  They're trying to wussify me."
>