1
as in lunatics
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
stop being such a great nit and listen to what I have to say
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as in morons
a stupid person
some nit at the bar was claiming all politicians are crooked
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Recent Examples of nits
The high-res, high-refresh OLED was very bright at 415 nits at 100% brightness, well above the 300 nits needed to overcome normal ambient lighting.
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Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
The display is covered by sapphire crystal glass, and gets up to 1,500 nits of brightness.
—Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The first challenge is to create a visually appealing monkey bread, which many in America will recognize as a circular loaf composed of smaller balls that can be easily torn off, much like monkeys plucking nits from one another.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The display boasts a peak brightness of 10,000 nits and integrates the company's Hi-View AI Engine X, which uses AI algorithms to enhance every frame.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Apple says the panel reaches a peak brightness of 3,000 nits, matching the standard iPhone 17 series and ensuring visibility in direct sunlight.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
The Pro models are far brighter, with a peak of 1,600 nits.
—PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
The display supports a 120Hz refresh rate with a peak brightness of 2,700 nits, which is a reasonable increase over the 2,000 nits of peak brightness for last year's phone.
—Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
The 9a’s panel can also reach 2,700 nits of brightness outdoors, compared with a 2,000-nit limit on the 8a.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
The display is covered by sapphire crystal glass, and gets up to 1,500 nits of brightness.
—Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The first challenge is to create a visually appealing monkey bread, which many in America will recognize as a circular loaf composed of smaller balls that can be easily torn off, much like monkeys plucking nits from one another.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The display boasts a peak brightness of 10,000 nits and integrates the company's Hi-View AI Engine X, which uses AI algorithms to enhance every frame.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Apple says the panel reaches a peak brightness of 3,000 nits, matching the standard iPhone 17 series and ensuring visibility in direct sunlight.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
The Pro models are far brighter, with a peak of 1,600 nits.
—PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
The display supports a 120Hz refresh rate with a peak brightness of 2,700 nits, which is a reasonable increase over the 2,000 nits of peak brightness for last year's phone.
—Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
The 9a’s panel can also reach 2,700 nits of brightness outdoors, compared with a 2,000-nit limit on the 8a.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nits
Noun
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So that episode will make fun [of] billionaire life-extension body-hacking lunatics.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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Try Greek yogurt or kefir topped with fruit and nuts.—
Brittany Poulson,
Verywell Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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Shake pan to redistribute nuts, and then put it back in oven for another five minutes.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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For a bunch of idiots, this did not work out too badly.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bird flu is spreading again, now that wild water fowl — geese, ducks and cranes — have begun their seasonal migrations.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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The two rescue animals, who once faced an uncertain future, join Stewart's four other horses, along with a diverse array of pets, including cats, dogs, donkeys, chickens, geese, and a pony.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Sabonis and Zach LaVine are fringe All-Stars most seasons, Keegan Murray is a solid wing starter who shoots and defends, DeRozan can still get midrange buckets and shot-fake fools into heaps of fouls, and Malik Monk is electric in a sixth-man role.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The result is just old-fashioned cinematic fools’ gold, in which sensationalistic blather poses as social commentary.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Soviet Sputnik 5 carried mutts Belka and Strelka, 40 mice and two rats.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Ibis are Brazil’s favourite losers.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Among the losers this year are builders of homes and businesses, Indy immigrant supporters and forest advocates.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
7 Oct. 2025
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But for the most part, these competitors were dummies all around, with even the biggest threats deeply flawed or actively annoying in some way.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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The band’s fans gleefully push to the front of their gigs in order to get blasted with any manner of fake bodily fluids that erupt from the towering, cartoonish dummies.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Nits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nits. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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