pussywhipped

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First attested 1956. From pussy and whipped.

pussywhipped

1. past participle of pussywhip
   • 2003, Julie Burchill, quoted by Paul Daley and John Mangan, "Can Becks really get the boot?," The Age, 14 June:

     "Beckham has been grotesquely, massively pussywhipped by his talentless, ambition-hound of a wife."

pussywhipped (comparative more pussywhipped, superlative most pussywhipped)

1. (slang, vulgar, of a man) Submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.
   • 1993, Deborah Smith, Blue Willow, →ISBN, p. 167:

     "You have bad taste in women if you picked one who doesn't trust you enough to let you keep your friends. Or you must be the most pussy-whipped man in New York."

   • 2004, Psycho vs. Psycho, filmthreat.com, 1 Dec. (retrieved 11 Nov 2010):

     Our first impression of Norman is that he's a nice guy, a little pussywhipped with perhaps a few issues, but nobody dangerous.

• (submissive to or dominated by one's female partner): cowed, henpecked, under the thumb, uxorious, whipped