A hot dog or sausage; slang for a small or contemptible person.
Informal alteration of 'wurst' or 'vienna' sausage, used since the early 1900s in American English. The insulting meaning developed in the mid-1900s as schoolyard slang.
The 'weenie roast' is an American summer tradition that's declined over decades, but it was once as common as barbecues—it shows how even food-related social rituals shift as technology and childhood experiences change.
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