Definition of mamby pamby

mamby pamby

adjective

• weak. Likely a misspelling / mispronunciation of "namby pamby".

                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from Geico commercial, 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 31 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 03 2010.

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