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

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

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

Achilles is a besotted fool; Patroclus a figure both narcissistic and stupid; Hector a fraud; Ulysses a hustler; Ajax a lout; Paris a ninny.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2015

“I’m sure they haven’t stolen Peter. Stop being such a ninny, and let me get back to sleep!”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank