ditz
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ditz
First recorded in 1975–80; back formation from ditzy
Example Sentences
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Gilda Radner, a comic on “Saturday Night Live,” invented a new caricature: Baba Wawa, a funny-talking ditz.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
Gracie tries to convince George she’s not a ditz.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2020
A central problem is that Phoebe is a ditz.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2018
Stanley fights against being characterized as a neurotic ditz; her imagination is bigger than Rando’s, as is Jackie Hoffman’s.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 23, 2014
He gives amazing speeches, writes fantastic op-eds and now newspaper features, spearheads community warmth drives...and he dates a manipulative ditz.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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