Sissy vs Missy - What's the difference?
sissy | missy |
(pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
(pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
(BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
(colloquial) Sister.
(pejorative) .
* 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7,
(pejorative) .
(childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
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A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
English diminutives of female given names
As nouns the difference between sissy and missy
is that sissy is an effeminate boy or man while missy is a young female; miss.As adjectives the difference between sissy and missy
is that sissy is effeminate while missy is of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.As proper nouns the difference between sissy and missy
is that sissy is {{given name|female|diminutive=Cecilia}} while Missy is a diminutive of the female given name Melissa.As a verb sissy
is to urinate.sissy
English
Etymology 1
Extended form ofNoun
(sissies)Synonyms
* (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirlDerived terms
* prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)Adjective
(er)page 173:
- she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.