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
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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,
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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
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From the fans’ perspective, the Yankees are faltering, the Rays are in the tank, the Orioles are tanking, and many view the Blue Jays’ recent run as fool’s gold.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Predicting where Liverpool’s wider finances will go in the future is a fool’s errand, not least those elements linked to on-field performance.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Winnie, on the other hand, is a flibbertigibbet of stream-of-consciousness.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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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
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It was shot in portrait because it was shot in Instagram by and for a woman who was losing her mind in quarantine and had fully let the sillies take the wheel.—
Ego Nwodim,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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Some more sillies from last night’s GRAMMY nominees reception.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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This giant white goose plush is designed for comfort and fun.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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One member of the goose family had been left behind: a single egg.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Not everyone is feeling so cuckoo about cocoa these days.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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It’s suggested to Lynskey that the difference is that Misty’s brand is cuckoo, while Shauna is effectively the eyes and the ears of the viewer.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
2 June 2025
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“Scatterbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatterbrain. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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