- Namby-
pamby is a term for affected, weak, and
maudlin speech/verse. It
originates from
Namby Pamby (1725) by
Henry Carey.
Carey wrote his poem as a satire...
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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...
- 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...
- 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 the...
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Songs (1870). The
earliest reference to the well-known
verse is in "Namby
Pamby," a
satire by
Henry Carey published in 1725, in
which he
himself italicised...
- 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 Abroad...
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Niederjohn as
Velcro Head Tom
Bethke as
Graggy Elizabeth Gray as
Namby Pamby Bridget Fonda as
Annabella (uncredited)
Eleanor Mondale as
Attractive customer...
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would make a
better villain". He felt
Jonathan Frakes "verges on namby-
pamby".
Actress Marina Sirtis later recalled the
reviews of the show's
debut in...
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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...
- 1963 to 14
March 1964).
Fleetway Publications. Mike Butterworth (w), Jack
Pamby, Mike Western (a). "Jack o'
Justice and the
Mystery of Grim Grange" Valiant...
