nice nellyism
/ˌnʌɪs ˈnɛlɪɪz(ə)m/North American informal
noun
Excessive prudishness of speech or behaviour; genteelism; an instance of this; a euphemism.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Charleston Daily Mail. From Nice Nelly adjective + -ism.
- make sense
- make sense of
- make sheep's eyes at someone
- make shift
- makeshift
- make short work of
- make someone over
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood curdle
- make someone's blood run cold
- make someone's day
- make someone's eyes pop (or pop out)
- make someone's flesh crawl (or creep)
- make someone's hackles rise
- make someone's hair curl
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make someone sick
- make someone's life a misery (or make life a misery for someone)
- make someone's skin crawl
- make someone's skin crawl (or creep)
- make someone's toes curl
- make someone/thing out
- striking price
- strimmer
- Strindberg, August