scatterbrain

as in ditz
a silly flighty person don't be such a scatterbrain—it's only a wedding, not the invasion of Normandy

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Noun
  • 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
  • Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Duvall is a big reason why: All the film’s insights into the slipperiness of identity are there in her casually virtuosic, veritable dual performance, in which a funny flibbertigibbet loses hold of herself as the world around seems to splinter into something frighteningly new.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Gambling with safety in such ways is a fool’s bet that neither pilots nor the flying public are willing to make.
    Jason Ambrosi, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For evolutionary biologists, the term cuckoldry originated to describe cuckoo birds who lay their eggs in other species’ nests, leaving their offspring to be unknowingly raised by foster parents.
    Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The loss of common cuckoos, meanwhile, means that spring arrives in the U.K. without its iconic song.
    Jared Del Rosso, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • It's stuffed with European white goose down and available in lightweight, all-season, and ultra warm options.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Who wouldn’t want an oversized goose statue in their house?
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Should former President Trump stop calling Ambassador Haley birdbrain?
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • By solving one kind of puzzle that stumped crows, though, the kids may have shown how a human mind treats problems differently than a birdbrain.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2012
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“Scatterbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatterbrain. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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