limp-wristed

[ limp-ris-tid ]

adjective

1. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. (especially of a gay man) effeminate.
2. soft; flabby; ineffectual.

limp-wristed

adjective

1. ineffectual; effete

Word History and Origins

Origin of limp-wristed¹

First recorded in 1955–60; limp ² + wrist + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And the bulk of the original cast is back, including Julian Arango, reprising his role as Hugo, the shrill, limp-wristed designer who still enjoys tormenting Betty, and Natalia Ramírez as Marcela, who was Armando’s one-time fiancee and is now an enterprising, if not outright conniving, Ecomoda shareholder.

From Los Angeles Times

Another shows Bolles in a T-shirt with a picture of a limp-wristed Che Guevara above the words “Socialism Is For F-gs”.

From The Guardian

On another occasion, while playing Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother in one of his after-dinner performances, Haynes made a limp-wristed gesture that earned him an immediate, unexpected rebuke.

From The New Yorker

As a child, I wanted to visit the secret nightclub in The Pink Panther Strikes Again where everyone is limp-wristed and light in the loafers.

From The Guardian

In the days after the shooting, local talk radio hosts trashed him as a “limp-wristed, spineless, gutless Republican.”

From Washington Post