ditz
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ditz
First recorded in 1975–80; back formation from ditzy
Example Sentences
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Grande has practiced doing this kind of lovable ditz since her teen years on Nickelodeon and I’m not sure if she can play any other kind of part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
Gilda Radner, a comic on “Saturday Night Live,” invented a new caricature: Baba Wawa, a funny-talking ditz.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
No wonder I thought Hera was a jerk, Persephone a ditz.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
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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