pencil neck



pencil neck

1. A particularly weak, meek, or unimpressive person; a wimp. No little pencil neck like you is going to give me orders, pal!
2. A person who is very inclined toward academic or intellectual pursuits. I always made sure to make friends with the pencil necks in my math classes so they would help me out with the homework.
See also: neck, pencil

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LenaLE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese
Lemon['lemən]
BiffBIFEnglish (Rare)
BartBAHRTEnglish, Dutch
Ige-Western African, Yoruba
Vikentiy-Russian