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
Calanthiakə-LAN-thee-əEnglish (Rare)
Miyakomee-yah-koJapanese
VirgeeVUR-jeeEnglish
FernÃO-Portuguese
Prema-Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi
Zachary['zækəri]