A poll suggests that many American men see mask-wearing as wimpish, “a sign of weakness.”

Others might admire Bush and Obama’s relative restraint; he sees it as wimpish cowardice.

In fact, I was rather wimpish, burst into tears and rushed out of his office.”

When I asked a bullying Lou Reed if he was “as horrible in real life”, I was glad because it conveyed the tension in the room and my wimpish disappointment.

He said “fortunately, he was a wimpish thief.”