ninny
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He did not call Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who was in attendance at the Senate meeting, a ninny.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2024
Jane Austen wrote takedowns of this kind of ninny two centuries ago — how fun to see Pike update her twit to the post-Y2K era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Mr. Graham, with the work’s stark conclusion, leaves you feeling like a simplistic ninny for ever thinking it might have been.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
When Life Is Beautiful won best foreign language film, its director Roberto Benigni won the hearts of the world by clambering across the backs of the auditorium’s chairs like a terrible manchild ninny.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2017
Later, when I told Doreen about his curious behavior, she said, "You ninny, he wanted his tip."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
So, although the fact that there are a significant number of ninnies among the 329 million people in this country is embarrassing, it is not surprising.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2020
For having a connection to the internet, yet knowing you don’t have to engage the haters, idiots and/or spiteful ninnies on social media.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
Mr. Shamos isn’t entirely sure why all these dolts and ninnies come his way.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2015
People want to feel safe and have precdictability, yet we are right now a nation of scared ninnies, that cable, talk radio, and the 10 o'clock news only exacerabates.
From Time ● Jun. 6, 2013
“Other than the fact that they’re not wooden-headed ninnies who can only open their mouths to give orders and gossip?”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
