pencil-necked



pencil-necked

1. Particularly weak, meek, or unimpressive; wimpy. No pencil-necked twerp like you is going to give me orders, pal!
2. Very inclined toward academic or intellectual pursuits. I always made sure to make friends with the pencil-necked geeks in my math classes so they would help me out with the homework.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hephaestushi-FES-təs (English), hi-FEES-təs (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
ArsÈNe-French
Perikles-Ancient Greek
JocelinJAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-linEnglish (Rare)
Chidimma-Western African, Igbo
Felinefe-LEE-nəDutch