milk drinker

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαλακτοπότης (galaktopótēs, “milk drinker”), a derogatory term which the Greeks used in reference to the barbarians.[1]

Noun

milk drinker (plural milk drinkers)

  1. (slang, derogatory, idiomatic) Someone who lacks experience or courage.
    • 2011 November 11, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Softworks:
      What's a milk drinker like you doing out here? Go home to your mother.
    • 2022, Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier‎[2], Random House, →ISBN:
      That milk drinker over there with the electrical apparatus for spies, he claims to be a bishop, but I'm not afraid of fellows like that.
    • 2023, Anna Smaill, Bird Life: a novel, Scribe Publications, →ISBN:
      'What a milk drinker,' said Michael, which was his worst insult at the time.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see milk,‎ drinker.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mike Bellino (2008) Fun Food Facts‎[1], AuthorHouse, →ISBN: “The phrase “milk drinker” (galaktopotes) was a derogatory name the Greeks cast in reference to the barbarians.”
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