niminy-piminy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for niminy-piminy
Adjective
  • This particular system uses an underground connecting cable between two passenger cabins.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • For these men, in particular, better intervention could indeed be lifesaving.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.
    Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Soft-sided, worn and loved became important and foot-forming ultrasoft kid leather shoes changed the vibe from prim to cool.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Look to a prim and proper ladylike jacket instead.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Kirundo 3-Piece Lounge Set Layers are the secret to surviving the South’s finicky fall season.
    Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • For decades, the vacuum was thought of as merely a finicky factor to be implemented as well as possible.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The convenience factor would start to dwindle, however, if drivers had to stop and wait while the drone located their vehicle, then came in to execute a fastidious landing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Scorn is a salve for her—an enjoyable expression of her fastidious nature and a coping strategy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The kitchen towels have an orange and white gingham pattern dotted with dainty pumpkins.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The dainty scalloped edge is a real conversation starter, and adds some playful texture to the monotone fall layer.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • LinkedIn's algorithm is choosy.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Known for being among the choosiest of the choosy buildings and the longtime home of Henry Kissinger, whose sprawling duplex, full of green upholstery and black candles — very Sister Parish — has yet to come on the market since his death.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter.
    Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • However, finical institution Citi is the official presale credit card of the headliner engagements, and Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets a week earlier, from Tuesday, May 18 at 10AM PST to Sunday, May 23 at 10 PM PST through the Citi Entertainment program.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 May 2021
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“Niminy-piminy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niminy-piminy. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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