Hi friends I'm Niharika, well last week I went bungee jumping and it was so much fun,
it was so exciting. But I went by myself, my friend ditched me. Well she is such a coward.
So this lesson is about people who are very coward. Now coward is a character trait, someone
who gets afraid easily, okay or scared very easily. So that person is a coward. Now in
English, we have lot of slang words for a coward person. So this lesson is for the youngsters,
especially who have friends who are very coward. So if you do have a friend who is coward,
well these are the words for you. So let's learn.
The first one is, pansy, pansy have you heard that? Well pansy, well you would actually
call a guy pansy. But the literal meaning of pansy is formally a woman. Now it is a
known fact that women are you know weak or weak hearted and they are not very strong
and they get scared very easily. I’m sorry I don't believe that, I'm a woman myself,
I think we are very strong, look I went bungee jumping, right? So we are strong but then
you know it is a belief that women are pretty weak. So someone whom you call pansy, especially
guys. It means that guy is so weak and is so feminine. So if you have a guy friend,
who is a coward, then you can use the word pansy.
Other one is, sissy. Well sissy, umm... the word is derived from the word sister. Okay
actually the short form of sister, that's sis and then of course the word was formed
sissy. Now sissy is again someone who is very weak, okay and not very strong hearted, so
that person you can call him sissy. You're such a sissy, okay so that's how you can use
it.
The next one chicken. Now we human beings we love to compare and very often we do compare
people with animals. So like the bird chicken, so you think chicken is very brave? Oh no,
o try catch a chicken, it's so difficult because chicken are very fearful. So, you know the
word chicken is perfect for a person who is such a coward. Now there's another term called
chicken shit. Well not a great word to use, it can be pretty offending as well. So use
it with your close friends only, okay don't use it for another random person because I'm
sure that person will not like you calling him or her chicken shit. You are such a chicken
shit, don't do that. So but yes there is another slang term for people who are very scared
or who get scared very easily, they are absolutely chicken shit or chicken, okay. Well actually
yes I mean if you think chicken is not very brave like an eagle or like a hawk, right?
So it's okay to compare people with chicken.
The next one, cry baby. You’re such a cry baby. You know I have this friend of mine,
we've been friends for a very, very long time now. But she keeps on, whining all the time.
You ask her something, okay come on let's do this or let's do that, let's go parasailing,
let's go boating and all the time she does is whine. Well I'm so done with that and you
know we always keep telling her, you are such a cry baby. So cry baby is again someone who
keeps whining, whining for everything and of course is always very scared or very skeptical
about doing something or the other. Okay so that person is such a cry baby.
Next one, mama's boy. We women love this term because every man that we come across, we
think that man is way too dependent on their mother. So yes, I do have friends who are
absolutely mama's boy. They need their mothers to protect them or they are way too attached
to their mothers. So they won't do anything without their mothers. Well that's just an
exaggeration. So someone who is you know way too attached to their mothers and you know
are very scared to do anything, they are absolutely mama's boy. Do you have a friend, a guy friend
who is an absolute mama's boy? Well let me know who is he okay. So someone who need their
mothers everywhere okay or someone who is way too scared to do something, okay.
Next one, creampuff. Oh have you eaten creampuff before? It's nice, it's absolutely delicious.
Well creampuff is like a pastry with some whipped cream or with some custard. It's nice,
all girls love it. So this term is used for men who are extremely feminine. Okay or a
feminite. So someone who is extremely a feminite again someone who is very girly, feminine,
well cream puff is the right word to use. So yes use it, if you have friends who get
scared easily, okay who are very fearful and denote feminism.
Okay the next one, pigeon hearted. Well pigeon hearted is just like chicken or chicken shit.
Pigeon hearted is again, have you observed a pigeon? Well the moment you try to go close
to a pigeon, the pigeon flies away or the moment you try to hush a pigeon, the pigeon
is so scared and the pigeon flies away, right? So pigeon hearted is again compared to a person
who is very scared of things, okay. Even the slightest of noise in dark would totally scare
that person. So this means that person is pigeon hearted, it can be used for girls and
as well as for boys, okay who are very scared, okay. So use pigeon hearted to compare.
The next one, grow a pair, why you don't you grow a pair? Well specifically grow a pair
of balls. Well balls mean testicles. So it is said the man who has testicles, well every
man does but that man is very brave. If you have balls, it means you are very manly, you
are very brave. So if you spot a guy, who is very scared of everything or who is being
a coward, then you know men love to use this. Especially all the guys when they get together,
they are like, hey man grow a pair. So grow a pair, it means grow a pair of balls, you
need to be brave, you can't be scared like this. Okay so this term can be used among
the guys. Okay girls please don't use it, would not sound great. Okay so boys, yes I
mean it's okay boys using it. So use this for a guy friend of yours, who is scared all
the time.
Okay, next one, gutless. Now gutless, someone who has guts. Now guts is organs okay, is
considered to be very brave, okay. Oh you've got guts man. So if I try to jump from 30
feet above, then I have guts, which means I am brave, I am very confident to do so.
But if I say I am absolutely gutless it means, I am coward. I am scared, so someone who has
guts, then yes is a very brave person but a gutless person is very coward. Okay, so
or not brave that's how you can use it.
And then the last one is worm. Now a worm is used by army people. It is used in a very
sarcastic manner and you know especially, army training is very strict right and it
is very intense. So the people who are not concentrating or who are not working very
hard, are not paying attention to their training and they are little scared or afraid, then
army people use this term, you are such a worm or stop being a worm. So it is used to
insult or taunt that person that you are so scared of everything. You are such a coward.
So very commonly used among the army people. Of course even you can use it because the
term is again, very commonly used by people as well. So worm is for the person who is
very scared.
Okay so these are fun words, they are easy to use and use them among the friends, especially
you young generation out there. Please do use it if you have friends who are cowards.
Okay and I’ll be back with a new lesson, till then you take care and have a great day.