http://wordie.org/words/namby-pamby Comments for the word 'Namby-pamby' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/namby-pamby#comments Origin: 1726; rhyming compound based on the first syll. of Ambrose Philips; first used as a nickname for Philips in the title of a poem by Henry Carey (1687?–1743) ridiculing his verse Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:36:13 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/namby-pamby#comments