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
This time the ditz is Muriel Tate, a New Jersey woman who comes to the Plaza to see, for the first time in nearly 17 years, her high school boyfriend, Jesse Kiplinger.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
Gracie tries to convince George she’s not a ditz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2020
A “pathological liar” – of all the most comedically convenient psychiatric conditions – Portman’s Sam is a ditz on steroids, lurching from one quirky moment to another.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2019
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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