To: sodpoodle
The Anglo-Saxon word for Narcissist was of course Cissy... not to be confused with the affectionate term for a female sibling, Sissy... You have a source for that?
69 posted on
06/08/2005 2:28:42 PM PDT by
stands2reason
(It's 2005, and two wrongs still don't make a right.)
To: stands2reason
Theodore Roosevelt used "Sissy" to signify a coward in his writings. He wasn't wrong about much.
70 posted on
06/08/2005 2:29:33 PM PDT by
Al Simmons
(Best R 'n' R Song Title Ever: "Death May Be Your Santa Claus" by Mott The Hoople)
To: stands2reason; Al Simmons
Wikipedia
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj. 1. cissy - having unsuitable feminine qualities
effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish, epicene
unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly - not possessing qualities befitting a man
79 posted on
06/08/2005 4:15:51 PM PDT by
sodpoodle
(The Ivory Billed Woodpecker discovered Arkansas - when HRC moved to NY)
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