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

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

Many of the lavishly themed attractions were not yet operating during my visit, but I’m kind of a slide ninny and probably wouldn’t have ridden the more aggressive ones anyway.

From New York Times • May 30, 2017

You'd look quite good in a big helmet and a Nordic waistcoat.Dressed up as some old ninny.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

"Which only goes to prove that you are indeed a ninny, a lackwit, and a...a clodpoll."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman