hairline vs namby-pamby

hairline

noun
  • A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography. 

  • A fishing line made from hair. 

  • The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing. 

  • A very thin fissure. 

adj
  • very thin, as thin as a hair 

namby-pamby

noun
  • Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. 

  • One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak. 

verb
  • To coddle. 

adj
  • Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy. 

  • Insipid and sentimental. 

How often have the words hairline and namby-pamby occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )