Chicken-shit
[chik-uh n-shit] /ˈtʃɪk ənˌʃɪt/ Slang: Vulgar.
noun
1.
boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
adjective
2.
obsessed with petty details.
3.
menial or petty.
4.
cowardly or fainthearted.
1947 (n.) “contemptible cowardly person;” 1948 (adj.); from chicken + shit (n.).
noun
[late 1940s+ & Korean War armed forces; fr a corruption of Japanese chisai chichi, ”little breasts”]
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