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
  • After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.
    — William Earl, Variety, 10 June 2026
Definition of jerks
Noun
  • Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of clowns
Noun
  • As Neptune goes retrograde, anxiety creeps in at the realization of your fallibility.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Water sprayed to control dust creeps into the streets, creating small pools of green liquid.
    — Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026
Definition of creeps
Noun
  • Upton wore a short, off-the-shoulder dress paired with gold heels and sunglasses, while Verlander coordinated in a blue suit with a white collared shirt and sunglasses.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • For formal events, heels from Kate Spade, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo and Steve Madden, usually featuring a platform sole to offer her a boost.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
Definition of heels
Noun
  • Soul Quest Overdrive takes a page out of Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s book and follows four anthropomorphic pieces of sports gear that are absolute scumbags.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Ninety-nine percent of politicians are scumbags.
    — Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Definition of scumbags
Noun
  • 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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