Synonyms

ditz

American

[dits] / dɪts /

noun

Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; airhead.

ditz British

/ dɪts /

noun

slang a silly scatterbrained person

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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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