pencil necks
Feeble, thin-necked people
Pencil necks is a disparaging term for people perceived as physically weak or nerdy—the image being a neck so thin it resembles a pencil, unable to support much muscle.
Professional wrestler Freddie Blassie popularized the insult in the 1970s and 80s, addressing fans as pencil-neck geeks.
The term remains mildly insulting shorthand for wimps or desk-bound intellectuals: Those pencil necks in accounting rejected our expense report.
- beanpoleThin person or plant stake
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- tauntInsulting provocation
- string beanLong, narrow green pod
- skin and bonesExtreme thinness, no flesh
insult · derogatory · scrawny · pejorative · frail · skinny · weakling · toothpick · scarecrow · bean counter · stick figure · wimp · featherweight · pushover · easy target · milquetoast · cowardly lion · feeble
pencil necksmeatheads
Stupid, boorish people
beefcakes · musclemen · hulks · bruisers · bodybuilders
pencil necksjocks
Casual term for sportspeople
meatheads · gym rats · alpha males · tough guys · linebackers
pencil, neck, pencils, penciled, penciling, necks, necked, necking, neckline