weenie

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Noun

weenie (plural weenies)

1. Alternative form of wienie (“sausage”)
2. (slang) Alternative form of wienie (“penis”)
   • 1984, Stephen King, Beachworld:

     Weenies and beer had not been a part of ASN/29's stores.

   • 2023 March 8, Mark Leibovich, quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     “The fucking weenie gets hard and I fucking lose this brain and this happened,” he said.

3. (slang, sometimes derogatory) Someone weak and unimportant, a wimp.
4. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A geek or nerd, especially a computer user with a deficient social life.
5. (collectible card games, slang) A small creature which has a low cost to put into play, often used in a swarm with other such creatures.
   • 1996 February 20, ChrisMims [username], “White Hordes Part I: Extensive Pontifications”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Over and over again you'll dump a horde of weenies, and if you're^[sic] opponent's^[sic] too slow, he'll die right off the bat.

   • 1997 February 10, Jesse Chounard, “Report: Pro Tour Paris PTQ”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎^[3] (Usenet):

     He was playing a monoblack weenie deck with 30+ creatures in it.

   • 1997 March 19, Craig Sivils, “Mono-Green, I don't get it.”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Most of the opponents^[sic] quick creature removal will be taken out by the early flood of weenies.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:weenie.

Synonyms

• (someone weak and unimportant): nestle-cock, softy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop
• (a computer user with a deficient social life): propeller head; see also Thesaurus:dork

Derived terms

• Unix weenie
• weenie roast
• weight weenie

 

Translations

Someone weak and unimportant

• Finnish: nynny (fi)
• German: Weichei (de) n, Lusche (de) f
• Italian: mammoletta f, femminuccia (it) f, coniglio (it), pollo (it), mollusco (it), merlo (it), eunuco (it), pappamolle, rammollito (it), pusillanime (it), codardo (it), vigliacco (it), smidollato (it), fifone (it), debole (it), checca (it), pisciasotto (it), cacasotto (it), vile (it)
• Spanish: pringado (es) m, pringada (es) f, huevón (es) m