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Namby-
pamby is a term for affected, weak, and
maudlin speech/verse. It
originates from the poem
Namby Pamby (1725) by
Henry Carey.
Carey wrote his poem...
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poets of his time,
resulting in
Henry Carey bestowing the
nickname "
Namby-
Pamby" upon him,
which came to mean affected, weak, and
maudlin speech or verse...
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successful that
Carey himself began to be
known as "
Namby Pamby Carey" (while
Philips became known as "
Namby Pamby"), and the poem even came to be used as children's...
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rhyme is
suggested by its use by
Henry Carey in his
satire Namby Pamby (1725), as:
Namby Pamby is no clown,
London Bridge is
broken down: Now he courts...
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frilled shirt ****ociated with
English storybook schoolboys of the
namby-
pamby kind. Over the
following decades, he
became The Bulletin's
stock symbol...
- Movie". Box
Office India.
Rediff On The NeT, Movies: 'I don't like
making namby-
pamby pictures.' "'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' wins all top
Filmfare honors". India...
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working in the arts industry, he stated: "The arts are
essentially a
namby-
pamby life of
stealing Wi-Fi,
cheap coffee,
waiting tables and
overpriced w****end...
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Clark Niederjohn as
Velcro Head Tom
Bethke as
Graggy Elizabeth Gray as
Namby Pamby Bridget Fonda as
Annabella (uncredited)
Eleanor Mondale as Attractive...
- four
elegies attributed to Cooke;
English Colonial America Henry Carey,
Namby Pamby: or, a
panegyrick on the new
versification address'd to A----- P----...
- half-dozen or so that
appear in
Henry Carey's 1725
satire on
Ambrose Philips,
Namby Pamby. The book
contains forty nursery rhymes, many of
which are
still po****r...
