ditz
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- noun
- /dɪts/
- Offensive
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- I am an accounting major with a 4.0 GPA, but people don't know that; all they see is a blonde ditz.
- just a ditz
- ditz brain
Examples
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I may be a ditz, but I'm not a crook.
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I'm just a ditz with a credit card?
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I'm such a ditz sometimes.
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I'm just a ditz.
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My friend can be a real ditz when she forgets where she parked her car.
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Although she seems like a ditz, she often surprises everyone with her clever ideas.
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People might call her a ditz, but she's just absent-minded sometimes.
Synonyms
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A person who is silly and not very smart
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A person who acts silly and playful in a slightly strange but friendly way
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A person who wastes time and does little work
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A person who is silly and not serious
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
Idioms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ditz likely comes from ditzy, which is related to dizzy, a word that means 'light-headed' or 'not thinking clearly'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone's head 'spinning', which is why a ditz is someone who is 'silly' or 'forgetful'.