Henny Penny

English Noun 1 One who panics at the slightest provocation. en Chicken Little en 1984 Carol Chambers Collins Our Food, Air and Water: How Safe Are They? http://books.google.com/books?id=oMkqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22henny+pennies%22 27 Facts on File 1984 9780871969675 The Henny Pennies who forecast doom and disaster thus have been proved hysterics who could use some est or encounter sessions to calm their anxieties. en 2001 Seymour B. Sarason American Psychology & Schools: A Critique http://books.google.com/books?id=AaHbLFtOE3UC&pg=PA130&dq=%22Henny+Penny+predicting%22#v=onepage&q=%22Henny%20Penny%20predicting%22&f=false 130 Teachers College Press 2001 0807740888 I know that in some quarters I am regarded as a kind of wet blanket, a Henny Penny predicting doom and gloom. en 2006 Rebecca Knuth Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction http://books.google.com/books?id=67CWswHay3QC&pg=PA209&dq=%22henny+pennies%22 209 Praegar Publishers 2006 0275990079 On April 11, in a tense news conference during a period when the looting dominated the news, Rumsfeld dismissed the media by calling them “Henny Pennies,” a reference to a children's tale in which the main character runs around, declaring that the sky is falling. Further reading en eponyms en Fairy tale characters People en rhyming compounds