try-baby

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

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Derogatory; Informal

"Don't be a try-baby, Hank, be a do-baby."
"Don't Be a "Try-Baby" If you want to achieve any goal, your first step is to declare it. Take 100 percent responsibility for creating it and then clear out all the words like "hopefully," "can't," "maybe" — and the killer, "try.""

Blend of try + crybaby

try-babies (plural)

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