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...shame that Iverson & Co. have alienated old-time fans because, for all the volume and vulgarity, the X-men can play. Iverson is--let's use a wuss phrase here--a joy to behold. He can sky, and he can hit with a hand or an entire team in his face. The personable O'Neal is a dominating, awe-inspiring center. Bryant, who leads the league in scoring with 29.9 points per game, is showing signs of turning Magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome To The XBA | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...wuss. And yet I've never told people to pipe down when they were disturbing my peace with their too-loud blatherings on a cell phone. I let them disrupt my naps on the morning train. I even turn the other cheek in restaurants or at the movie theater. Instead, I quietly simmer, indulging violent fantasies that involve the loud-mouthed caller's being stranded in a swamp with nothing but his cell phone and a starving, 1,200-lb. alligator named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell-Phone Zapper | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...fitting for Spiderman's skintight suit. "They put some kinda grease on my body and then layer after layer of this...stuff. When it hardens, they take it off, and it's a little bit painful 'cause I have hair on my body." Spiderman always was kind of a wuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 14, 2000 | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard Skydiving Cult for times and locations). If you want the high without the risks, try hot air ballooning. These activities can be taxing on both your wallet and your ego. Don’t even suggest it if you can’t follow through. If you wuss out, forget about another date, and all you’ll have to remember of the day are lingering credit card bills...

Author: By Catharina E. Lavers, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: fifteen date spots | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...pushes on. We'll be busy tonight rolling the dice--and tossing black balls--deciding magazine fate. And next week, once again, we wuss out. But this time it's your fault: You won't be here. Venerable Thanksgiving arrives once again, sending us home on the Delta Shuttle. Need turkey-stuffing tips? See "How To: Stuff a Turkey" (page eight). In our hearts will be those left to fend for themselves. We apologize that FM listings (starting page 16) end on Wednesday, just when stranded students might start looking beyond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Editor's Note: Shoot Me | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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