Limp-wrist

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gay man, especially a flamboyant one. derogatory
Verb
  1. 1
    To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearward and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly.

Etymology

From limp + wrist.

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