Babbitts

noun

plural of Babbitt
as in boors

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  1. boors
  2. jerks
  3. clowns
  4. creeps
  5. heels
  6. scumbags
  7. cretins
  8. dirtbags
Noun
  • We’d be laughed at and called ignorant boors!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of boors
Noun
  • This book includes nothing from Elain’s perspective; hopefully, the next book will prioritize her and possibly offer some magical explanation for why the rest of the Night Court has been such jerks to one another in this novel.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Lee and his Burning co-writer Oh Jung-mi resist what might have been the first instinct of many filmmakers by refusing to make Ye-ji and Sang-woo overly patronizing rich jerks.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of jerks
Noun
  • Gacy painted over a thousand pictures, many of clowns, while on death row in the 1980s and 1990s.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The weekend kicks off in earnest with the annual zombie walk, which this year also features clowns.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of clowns
Noun
  • As summer wraps up and fall creeps in, the sharks return south.
    — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Treasury yields are at their highest since 2007, and as oil creeps higher on the Iran standoff, investors find themselves in yet another guessing game.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of creeps
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  • Lie on your back with heels together and tap toes in a gentle rhythmic motion to stimulate the kidney meridian and awaken energy in the lower body.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The footwear brand has partnered with Italian indie label The Archivia on a black-and-white capsule collection centered on its signature Blade heels.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of heels
Noun
  • Michigan fans now get to live with that era of show cause penalties, and scumbags being run out of college football.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Matt Lucas and Marina Prior’s Thénardiers are boisterous and charming — more amiable sleazes than menacing scumbags, if that tracks.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Definition of scumbags
Noun
  • Thank goodness plenty of non-cretins exist across Texas, including some within his own political party, and those folks spoke out against the post.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Generation after generation of cretins and weirdos become Ramones lovers.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026
Definition of cretins
Noun
  • One of the earliest signs that the new Supergirl will be an uninspired slog is the overload of blobby alien dirtbags, grotesque creatures that look like they were refused admission to the Mos Eisley Cantina in the original Star Wars movie.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • Because right now, being loudmouth dirtbags might just be the only thing this team has going for it.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of dirtbags
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