Sentences with phrase «namby pamby»

in rationale, «Involved in» is just so namby pamby, and noncommittally vague.

whether we are really up against criminals who rely on the sceptics being a bit namby pamby and treating corruption as «human error» rather than deliberate intentional malice to defraud the public.

Substance is what is missing from skepticism as it's just namby pamby stuff from them.

Well «scuse me; but that namby pamby thing they are playing in South Africa hardly qualifies as «Footy.»

Oh and by the way if the above is too new age and namby pamby for you I reckon social computing is capable of talking 25 % out of the running costs of most businesses — so there!

One does not grow one's intellect by reading namby pamby pablum.

I'm dreading doing some middle - of - the - road, touchy feely, namby pamby version of the subversive «The Man Who Fell to Earth» featuring Robin Williams in David Bowie's original role.

When they arrive the Count is horrified to find the camp has been turned into a namby pamby, nanny controlled, lawsuit - sensitive summer camp, which in - turn is now run by a predictable social justice warrior type, complete with hipster beard and campy voice (I think we've all seen many of these student types around).

She carries the bland likes of Hutcherson and Hemsworth (surely Katniss can do better than the two namby pamby pretty boys circling her), and holds her own when opposite veterans like Sutherland Hoffman, and returning co-stars Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci.

Nice to see that Paladino is not just another namby pamby politician that will say anything / do anything to be elected.

«The people appreciate someone who's not namby pamby, wishy washy, but someone who is firm.

Gov. Cuomo couldn't care less what the namby pamby New York Times and other editorialists say about his refusal to debate or even acknowledge the existence of his primary opponent Zephyr Teachout, in the same way that Mr. Putin pooh - poohs legal challenges to his «rescue» of Crimea, his mobilizations to «defend» «threatened» Russian - speakers, his dismissal of any possible responsibility in the apparent shoot - down over Ukraine of Malaysian Airline flight MH17, killing 298 innocent people.

Even a righteous horny - handed, Fabian artisan like him has more dignity than you bunch of namby pamby, middle - class, contrarian, «too cool for school» Generation X'ers.

We should send the namby pamby English quota to him for some preseason boot camp.

The EPL is extremely physical compared to other leagues and namby pamby SUPERSTAR prima donna players HATE it.

Yep, this kind and loving God who longs to gather you in his arms is no limp wristed namby pamby wishy washy God, he is the Lord Almighty.

Iain Dale would be Chief of Staff and «Reform» could run our policy creation department and we could get rid of all these namby pambys.

Not exact matches

Next to a predator in a bespoke suit, any namby - pamby concerns about morality can seem hopelessly lily - livered and naive.

It's part of the reason that King is a namby - pamby hack who writes about prosaic suburban scares.

Lord Zealous, they tell us, has caught that spirit better than have the namby - pamby compromisers in mainline religion.

I agree with Curtis and PhyshBorne: Many Christians have a namby - pamby lovey - dovey Jesus as their favorite pet savior.

We weren't really molesting young boys, like those namby - pamby budinskis think.

It is these types of things that constantly remind me that we have to be on guard against such namby - pamby version of the Good News of Jesus Christ.

None of this namby - pamby go in, rendezvous, and have a relationship with the comet.

And what conservatives think of liberals: Liberals are a bunch of hybrid - driving, tofu - eating, tree - hugging, whale - saving, sandal - wearing, bottled - water - drinking, ACLU - supporting, flip - flopping, wishy - washy, namby - pamby bed wetters.

If it's namby - pamby enough to be with the lippies, it's probably not going to plump up much more than your credit card statement.

Both Joe and Chrissie are frequently taunted by their ex-cop father Lenny over their namby - pamby, liberal police work not getting the results that the aggressive wollop - the - suspect - until - you - get - the - answer - you - want tactics of his era garnered.

Billy Burke's performance as the leader of the four robbers does make me wonder what Director James McTeigue was thinking when it comes to having him turn his Eddie into a namby - pamby.

Which could explain why this anti-capitalism diatribe feels so namby - pamby and conflicted.

As an outcomes - oriented, metrics - y person, I thought «building relationships» was a little namby - pamby.

Before you start your namby - pamby whimpering about European handling, let me tell you about the CTS - V's magnetically controlled adaptive suspension system with electronic stability and traction control and a limited slip rear differential.

BMW thus bypassed a potentially more efficient but namby - pamby CVT that Toyota or some other hybrid maker would have opted for.

Not namby - pamby lifestyle accessories...

The Tahoe RST isn't one of those namby - pamby special editions that's little more than a new coat of paint.

Because of its Land Cruiser roots, the all - wheel - drive LX 570 is no namby - pamby, car - based crossover that's afraid to leave the pavement.

Personally, I love cold air - con in hot countries, hate getting on a sleeper train that's been sitting in the sidings all day heating up, so you can't get under the covers for three hours until the namby - pamby European - style air - con gets a grip.

As if Kratos cares about some namby - pamby Spring anyway.

They don't like namby - pamby pearl clutching politically correct clowns sitting around doing nothing, while we are under attack.

Though headings like «How to introduce the concept to your crew» and «How to ask vendors to comply,» may sound namby - pamby, the actual instructions in the 39 - page booklet are practical and fact - based (ie: laptop energy vs. desktops).

«Argle,» a play on the word «argue,» dates back to 16th - century Scotland, while the rhyming reduplication that gives us the phrase «argle - bargle» (think «hokey - pokey,» «namby - pamby,» or «mumbo - jumbo») came along later.

Weasel words, (thanks to my friend and colleague Karalyn Brown of Interview IQ who coined the term and shares my distaste) are namby - pamby, wishy - washy, nothing words and phrases.

TREB could've taken a namby - pamby approach to this whole matter (others have) but chose to stand on principle — which has nothing to do with: «defending power»!

Has history shown us that by ignoring the subject of respect, or that by giving up on it, society has ever been better off by being: namby - pamby?

(There's even one called Zombie Hamlet, which Sprog 1 is very keen to see, but namby - pamby responsible parent Husband keeps saying no.)

When I win the lottery — no more namby - pamby «if» s — I am going to indulge my shoe fetish and buy obscene stacks of impractical shoes.

They think they're being namby - pamby wusses.

And I'm not going for that namby - pamby non-surgical stuff this time around, it's straight to the slice and dice.