Don't be misled by the British tendency to be soft-spoken and polite. The English language didn't spread across the oceans and over the mountains and jungles and swamps because these people were pantywaists.
an ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy
Hyphenation
an ineffectual, weak, or tim·id person, es·pe·cial·ly a boy or young man; a sis·sy