pencil-necked
/ˈpɛnslnɛkt/slang. depreciative (originally US )
adjective
Having a pencil-neck; thin, underdeveloped; weak, effete, or excessively studious.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Post-Register (Idaho Falls, Idaho). From pencil + necked, after pencil-neck.
- Drina River
- drink
- drinkable
- drink and drive
- drink (a toast) to
- drink deep
- drink-driver
- drink-driving
- drinker
- drinker moth
- drinking age
- drinking chocolate
- drinking fountain
- drinking game
- drinking horn
- drinking song
- drinking-up time
- drinking water
- drink like a fish
- drink someone's health
- drink someone under the table
- time sampling
- time-saving
- timescale
- time scheme