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> No, just not pusillanimous about it, given the odds. Fascinating; an exemplar of both toxic masculinity and grandiloquence in a single word.
by yawpitch 2y ago
> No, just not pusillanimous about it, given the odds.
Fascinating; an exemplar of both toxic masculinity and grandiloquence in a single word.
- shlant 2y ago>toxic masculinity Would love an explanation of how you got here
- yawpitch 2y agoDuckDuckGo search for “pusillanimous meaning”, 2nd definition from the top. > Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind Not much of a leap.
- portaouflop 2y agoI guess because it’s a snobby way of saying “they weren’t pussies about it”
- coldtea 2y agoYou've guessed wrong. The etymology is latin for "small (pussilus) spirit/courage (animus)" meaning "faint of heart".
- coldtea 2y agoYou keep using this term "toxic masculinity". I don't think it means what you think it means. Or perhaps you also think only men are brave enough to go to airplane bars (or to untie their belt or stand from their seat during a flight even when it's not "absolutely necessary"?)
- yawpitch 2y agoPer DuckDuckGo, the 2nd definition of “pusillanimous” in the American Heritage Dictionary is: > Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, “Destitute of a manly spirit” implies that there is such a thing as a manly spirit one can be more or less possessed of… that falls well and truly under the scope of the meaning of toxic masculinity. And perhaps you, for some reason, think that women aren’t perfectly able to engage in toxic masculinity? Either way, I only use the term where and when appropriate.