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'''Milquetoast''' refers to an unassertive and spineless person who can be easily intimidated or dominated.

'''Milquetoast''' refers to an unassertive and spineless person who can be easily intimidated or dominated.

The term comes from a character in Harold T. Webster's 1924-1953 ''New York Herald Tribune'' comic strip ''The Timid Soul''.  The character's name was Caspar Milquetoast, and Webster described him as “the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick”.<ref>World Wide Words, ''MILQUETOAST'', by Michael Quinion,  1 Jun 2002 [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mil1.htm]</ref>

The term comes from a character in Harold T. Webster's 1924-1953 ''New York Herald Tribune'' comic strip ''The Timid Soul''.  The character's name was Caspar Milquetoast, and Webster described him as “the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick”.<ref>World Wide Words, ''MILQUETOAST'', by Michael Quinion,  1 Jun 2002 [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mil1.htm]</ref>  The name comes from the dish "milk toast", toast soaked in milk, which was fed to the sick.  <ref>Don Markstein's Toonopedia™, ''THE TIMID SOUL''[http://www.toonopedia.com/milqueto.htm]</ref>

[[Liberals]] exploit and capitalize on the existence of milquetoast personalities in schools, corporations and other institutions in order to push their agenda.

[[Liberals]] exploit and capitalize on the existence of milquetoast personalities in schools, corporations and other institutions in order to push their agenda.