Dictionary definition of “tiny heart syndrome”

tiny heart syndrome

n. cowardice; reluctance to fight or to fully commit (to an undertaking or challenge). Subjects: English, Military

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Citations: 2000 Usenet: alt.sport.weightlifting (July 14) “Re: OT—endurance training”: The only people who don’t are mostly people who aren’t trying. they called it THS, or tiny heart syndrome when i was in basic. 2004 [Whitey] MilitaryForums.co.uk (Mar. 28) “Bush takes heat for WMD jokes”: They found the WMD. Saddam had them in his arse. No I thought the joke could have been made funnier. In bad taste? Well if you are a queer with teeny tiny heart syndrome. Our military bitched for 12 years for a war, they got one, a good one too, so I don’t think it was a bad joke. 2005 John F. Burns @ Baghdad, Iraq New York Times (Mar. 21) “There Are Signs the Tide May Be Turning on Iraq’s Street of Fear”: The complaints among American officers about “tiny heart syndrome”—a caustic reference to some Iraqi units’ unwillingness to expose themselves to combat—have diminished.

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thats the army way to say u are a looser, if u are a quitter,if u feel sorry for yourself, wanna kill yourself(drama queen), u are as lazy as they come, literally worthless, cant even hold your rifle right, stand properly in formation, hold the cadence( for once), then you have THS
Tiny Heart Syndrome

HOOH-AH

hopefully congress will remove DADT next year so i can go back, this time to the marine

by hell 08 Sep 08, 0330 GMT