PATHETIC
ADJECTIVES
1901 — TENDER pathetic, touching → Sc.
1957 — POOPY foolish, dull-witted; ineffectual, pathetic, weak → colloq., chiefly US
1960 — LAME out of style, pathetic → Amer. sl.
1984 — TRAGIC inferior, pathetic, no good; used esp. in a sporting context → UK sl.
1995 — SORRY-ASS pathetic or contemptible → African-American sl.
2003 — PAMELA pathetic → S. Afr. homosexual sl.
2009 — RAGGEDY-ASSED worn-out; pathetic; worthless → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1950 — SAD APPLE a pathetic person → US sl.
1960 — WUSS a weak, timid person; a wimp; someone who cannot be depended on; an exceedingly pathetic, timid, or ineffectual person → US sl.
1990 — SADDO a pathetic or contemptible person → sl.
2005 — TRAGIC an inferior or pathetic person → UK sl.
2009 — DUMB BUNNY a person who is both stupid and pathetic → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2009 — DUMB CLUCK a person who is both stupid and pathetic → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2009 — SAD-ASS a pathetic person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1885 — PATHETICATE to make pathetic
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