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  • noun predisposition to act like a ninny

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Examples

  • As much as I find stories like this the apex of "OH GOD WHAT ABOUT MY CHILDREN" ninnyism, the Powers That Be only have themselves to blame that nobody is giving their kid a flu shot.

    he's gotta have his dip-tet, honey 2009

  • As much as I find stories like this the apex of "OH GOD WHAT ABOUT MY CHILDREN" ninnyism, the Powers That Be only have themselves to blame that nobody is giving their kid a flu shot.

    just a tiny prick 2009

  • Seems we have another decade of squabbling, ninnyism, staggering inefficiency, cronyism, blame-shifting and ego to go through.

    last gleaming 2008

  • Seems we have another decade of squabbling, ninnyism, staggering inefficiency, cronyism, blame-shifting and ego to go through.

    last gleaming 2008

  • I've railed against predictability and ninnyism my whole life, and yet I am given succor that there are 12,804 places to get a large fries with McDonalds 'bizarrely tasty hot mustard sauce.

    no I said I want it WITHOUT pickles goddamit 2005

  • I've railed against predictability and ninnyism my whole life, and yet I am given succor that there are 12,804 places to get a large fries with McDonalds 'bizarrely tasty hot mustard sauce.

    the charm of the highway strip 2005

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