Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stupid or silly person.
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- noun A
scatterbrained orstupid person .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stupid incompetent person
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So bascially this nitwit is doing all she can to censor coverage of her so she is not portrayed in a bad light before she runs for President in 2012.
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This nitwit is right in line with Sarah Palin spouting off about dealth panels.
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How you managed not to deck that nitwit is beyond me.
I Can Tell We’re Going To Be Friends « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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The worlds exploding, and that nitwit is worried about some jism, frozen in a testube, what a moron!
Think Progress » Brownback Holds Up Drawing Of Embryo, Asks ‘Are You Going To Kill Me?’ 2006
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Drinking badly brewed coffee, playing tic-tac-toe and hangman with my darling Boo, while some government nitwit is preparing us for adopting a special needs child.
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I also speed read and type faster than you can probably read … What you don’t realize being a nitwit, is that it takes me virtually no time to dismiss your idiocy.
Think Progress » White House Continues to Exploit Miers’ Religion 2005
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You on the otherhand are better described as a nitwit apologist.
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What hurt Kerry the most besides being a nitwit was the I voted for it before I voted against it.
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It's the the whiny, complaining, nitwits that make you lump the bad with the good on those days, even when the nitwit is your cash cow.
Nitwittery Follow up Miss Snark 2006
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I don't care if this guy does own 80% of Bombay Sapphire - a nitwit is a nitwit.
Archive 2006-04-02 Miss Snark 2006
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