muppet

/ ˈmʌpɪt /

noun

1. slang,  a stupid person

Word History and Origins

Origin of muppet¹

C20: from the name for the puppets used in the television programme The Muppet Show

Example Sentences

At least a half dozen protesters were dressed up as Miss Piggy from The Muppet Show.

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Caine, notwithstanding some slow times, made movies all along, all sorts of them, playing Scrooge in “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” Mike Myers’ father in “Austin Powers in Goldmember” and Alfred in the Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy and parts in five other Nolan films.

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More recently, she's been announced as a "guest star" in a one-off Muppet Show special for Disney+, which will premiere in 2026.

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Costume designer Paula Bradley drapes Kardashian and her co-stars in a range of expensive fabrics, occasionally burying them in a dead animal or Muppet skin to add pizzazz.

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Miss Piggy started off as a background character on The Muppet Show back in the mid-1970s.

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