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ditz

noun

ˈdits

Definition of ditz

as in scatterbrain

a silly flighty person I felt like a total ditz for forgetting about the appointment

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Recent Examples of ditz There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026 Rather than stay pigeonholed as a ditz, Simpson (who just released new music for the first time in 15 years) went on to launch her own fashion brand, which hit $1 billion in sales in 2015 and is still going strong today. — Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025 Besides offering a cash prize of up to $250,000, the show can help change perception of a villain or a ditz and be a springboard for their next casting. — Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious. — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024 Instead, she was cast as the lovable ditz on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, which unexpectedly thrust her to a kind of teen idol status. — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

Projecting how a college quarterback will pan out often proves a fool’s errand, despite how many people have dedicated their livelihoods to trying.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Don’t let the thin sole fool you though, the structure is still quite supportive and keeps your feet cushioned.

— Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Definition of fool

Noun

Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Projects about Monroe have handled her personal life to varying degrees of success, often leaning into her flibbertigibbet persona, her struggles with addiction, and the paradox of her oozing sexuality and her little girl brokenness.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023

Definition of flibbertigibbet

Noun

One experiment, conducted in England, looked at how people understand the diminishment of ordinary bird species like the common cuckoo and the house sparrow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of cuckoo

Noun

They were provided by a speedy and adventurous black squirrel, who spent the better part of an inning on and around the playing field and at one point led an army of ground crew members on a wild goose — uh, squirrel — chase in right field.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
The shows featured a continuous storyline surrounding her string of black pearls being lost and found, sending her on a goose chase that began with The Nanny and continued into Can’t Hurry Love, Murphy Brown and High Society.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of goose

Noun

Occasionally, some nitwit will play chicken with the offending lane changer, get in front of him or her, and stop the car in the middle of the road to continue with verbal and nonverbal critique of the offender’s driving skills.

— Oc Register, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
In each show, the two nitwits would set out on some caper, which would inevitably go horribly wrong, leaving them broke, or tied up, or in jail, or hanging over a cliff, or some other situation of great peril.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of nitwit

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