chickenwad

noun. A wad with feathers. A wad without courage. A wad, let us pray, with blue cheese.

Real citation: “Comparing Tillman to Cindy Sheehan just shows you for the chickenwad gutless worm you are”
(May 25, 2007, Politico, http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=1&threadid=21801&currentPage=4)

Made-up citation: “In utero, my mom used to call me 'chickenwad' and 'placenta-mooch.' I started therapy during the third trimester.”