namby-pambyism

weak or insipid behavior or attitude. — namby-pamby, n., adj.

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The idea that bad guys need to be protected against themselves is one that will be deeply repugnant to most people in the military, further evidence of the lily-livered, bleeding-heart, namby-pambyism that has led to what seem to be viable cases thrown out in court for what seem to be technicalities.

The Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions, and the Norfolk Four

He may feel that what voters want in their leader is a hard man not given to namby-pambyism, and that the public care little for moral ambiguity as long as mortgage rates come down a bit.

If Gordon is our Heathcliff, who or what is his Cathy? Gordon Brown apparently thinks voters are right to compare him to Heathcliff, the brooding figure at the centre of Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone wonders whether this is one question he should have laughed off instead, while, below right, Catherine Jones explores the true nature of the character the Prime Minister is comparing himself to

Sometimes it's hard to defend footballers from accusations of namby-pambyism - especially from the oval ball fans.

Becks should have been given sick note

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