Gumby
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- noun
- /ˈɡʌm.bi/
- Offensive
- Don't be a gumby; think before you speak to avoid making foolish comments.
Examples
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I matched velocities with a gumby who was out of step.
Fiction book (1999) -
TECHNICALLY, HE'LL BE YOUR GUMBY-IN-LAW.
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Now the the problem with the word stretch is you know Earth is not gumby right or elastic man.
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He acted like such a gumby when he tripped over his own feet during the race.
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I can't believe he forgot the meeting again; what a gumby he is.
Synonyms
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A person who is awkward or slow to do things
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A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
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A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
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A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
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A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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A person who is not very smart
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A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
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A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
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A person who is not very smart
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An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
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A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
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A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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A man who is ordinary and not very smart
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A childish name used to call someone silly
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A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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A person who is not very smart
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A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
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A person who behaves in a silly or annoying way
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A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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A silly or foolish person used as an Australian insult
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A person who behaves in a foolish way
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A person who behaves in a silly way
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A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
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A rude name for a person who is slow to understand
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A foolish or awkward person
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
A teasing name for someone acting clumsy or foolish
A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly
A person who is foolish or clumsy
A joking insult for someone who feels very foolish
A person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
Compounds
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gumby as an insult comes from comic uses of the name for silly, slow people—especially from the Monty Python sketches where the characters called Gumbys behaved loudly and clumsily. So calling someone a Gumby means they are acting 'foolish' or 'clumsy'.