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Niminy-piminy

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    overtly or excessively prim

    ""I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    affectedly dainty or refined wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    excessive primness; affected delicacy; mincingness uncountable
  2. 2
    one who acts in an excessively prim manner uncountable

    ""I was," she said, "but I didn’t stay." Her nose was shiny and her hair was bedraggled. "If I had been penned in with that niminy-piminy any longer I'd have broken down the door to get out.""

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