ninny
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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
Before the sixth season, Mr. Metcalfe’s first as showrunner, he faced the task of replacing Larry Linville, who was leaving the show after his run as the officious, rules-obsessed ninny Major Frank Burns.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
You know that feeling of dread you get during musicals, where the plot screeches to a halt so that some ninny can sing about their feelings?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2020
The people who are from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan would have you believe that you are a ninny because you might wish for such a thing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
Don’t be such a ninny, I scolded myself.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
Were all of my brilliant, practical, and private friends—female and male—about to morph, one by one, into tedious child-obsessed ninnies?
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 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
