Talk:pussyistic

This is a word I was pretty sure existed, but couldn't find on the net. The quotation given makes it a google hapax legomenon (and an anonymous one at at that), modulo the obvious Wiktionary hits and one random wordlist. Admittedly this is pretty weak attestation but the quote given is excellent lexicographically: the word is used for effect, not incidentally, and is clearly defined by its contrast with being held back by a sense of decency etc and by its derivation from the common epithet pussy. Here is the full quote (with a few typos fixed):


 * Today I will reassume control of the Daily Discharge. I will not let anyone stop me from having a loud editorial voice. Instead of practicing humility and restraint and modesty I shall toot my own horn here and toot it loudly.  I will proclaim from the mountaintops that I am the master of this kingdom, that I am the King of Narnia, and that I could kick all of your asses. I will introduce and select and discuss whatever I want whenever. I will no longer be held back by any sense of propriety, decency, or chivalry.  I renounce all my past pussyistic behavior regarding this page.

It would be nice to see further examples, but I am sure they will come up from time to time. In the mean time, I beleive that the previous attempt to create an article for this term, the quotation above, and my own foggy-headed confidence that the word is in use will suffice. -dmh 16:15, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)