derogatory <贬>
- lacking energy, strength, or courage; feeble or effeminate in behaviour or expression软弱无力的; 婆婆妈妈的; 矫饰的, 做作的：
these weren't namby-pamby fights, but brutal affairs where heads hit the sidewalk.
这些不是摆摆样子的打斗, 而是野蛮的大打出手, 真有人被打倒在地。
词源
mid 18th cent.: fanciful formation based on the given name of Ambrose Philips (died 1749), an English writer whose pastorals were ridiculed by Carey and Pope.