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[pencil + neck-ed]  orig. U.S. slang
having a pencil-neck; thin, underdeveloped; weak, effete, or excessively studious
NB: Freddie Blassie, late of the pro wrestling business, is said to have coined the phrase pencil-necked geek.

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