On Feb 10, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Tahir Wood wrote:
> After my slangy response to the question about 'old women' it occurred to me that the exact word might actually be the adjective 'pusillanimous'.
Or, in the immortal phrase popularized by Spiro Agnew - written, I think, by William Safire - "pusillanimous pussyfooters."
Doug