nincompoop. noun. nin·com·poop ˈnin-kəm-ˌpüp. ˈniŋ- : a foolish or stupid person.
British English is full of fun and fanciful terms. The phrase, “Don't be a nincompoop!” is just one prime example. “Nincompoop,” meaning fool or idiot, was traced back to its first usage in the 1670s by Jonson in his Dictionary of 1755.
Nincompoop has a history as unusual as its meaning. One hypothesis includes connections to the Latin phrase non compos (mentis), meaning “not of sound (mind).” Alternatively, nincompoop could simply be an elaboration based on ninny, which may come from innocent. Nincompoop was first recorded in English in the 1670s.
noun. /ˈnɪŋkəmpuːp/ /ˈnɪŋkəmpuːp/ (old-fashioned, informal) a stupid person.
Calling someone a nincompoop is like calling them a fool, idiot, bonehead, or dope. It's definitely not a compliment. Nincompoop is a silly-sounding word that's also kind of old-fashioned, like ninny. No one has any solid idea where it came from, and anyone who claims otherwise is, well, a nincompoop.
Cattywampus. Originating in the Colonial United states and still used in the deep South, cattywampus means something that is in disarray, that is askew, or something that isn't directly across from something. This can refer to the decorations in a room, the position of a building, or someone's attire.
noun. a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Yeet and Galentine's day were some weirder words added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and Merriam-Webster dictionaries in 2022.
The origins of the word are somewhat in question, but it is believed to come in part from the Old Testament patriarch Job, making it one of our few words for “nincompoop” that come of biblical roots.
noun. /ˈpɒpikɒk/ /ˈpɑːpikɑːk/ [uncountable] (old-fashioned, informal) ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym nonsense.
Ninny is apt for someone who's silly and stupid, but it's also insulting and should be used with care. There's a certain gentle, teasing quality to ninny (as opposed to a word like idiot), but you're still going to get in trouble if you call your math teacher a ninny for giving the class a pop quiz.
poop (n. 1)
1400, from Old French poupe "stern of a ship" (14c.), from Old Provençal or Italian poppa, from Latin puppis "poop, stern," a word of uncertain origin.
ninny (n.) "simpleton, fool," 1590s, perhaps a misdivision of an innocent (see N for other examples), or from the pet form of the proper name Innocent, with sense influenced by the name's literal meaning. There may be some influence in the word of Italian ninno "baby, child" (cognate with Spanish niño).
poo_1 noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com.
Quintessentially, the Torah explicitly declares the pig unclean, because it has cloven hooves but does not ruminate.
In the Bible, God typically swears by his own character when entering a covenant since there is no one above him who needs to co-sign the agreement (Heb 6:13). There is a fascinating exception to this in the book of Psalms.
Donkeys (or asses) are mentioned many times in the Bible, beginning in the first book and continuing through both Old and New Testaments, so they became part of Judeo-Christian tradition.
Yeet is an exclamation of excitement, approval, surprise, or all-around energy, often as issued when doing a dance move or throwing something.
More than 1,000 new words, senses, and subentries have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including worstest, fungivorous, and corporation pop. This quarter sees the inclusion of both obsolete words, such as afound, and new words such as fatberg.
Conversation. What's the past tense of yeet? I want to get the college admissions essay just right. Past historic: yoted.
'Snollygoster', a word for "an unprincipled but shrewd person," might derive from the word 'snallygaster', which is used to describe a mythical creature from rural Maryland that is half reptile and half bird.
adjective. bum·fuz·zled ˈbəm-ˌfə-zəld. US, informal. : in a state of bewilderment : confused or perplexed. Elliott seemed a little bumfuzzled by the negativity, saying he had received a lot of offers of various kinds of help for the ballpark.
noun. snol·ly·gos·ter ˈsnä-lē-ˌgä-stər. US dialect. : a shrewd, unprincipled person.
It is a noun and considered slang and refers to a clever but dishonest person. It originated in the American South around the 1850s and was sometimes used to describe politicians.
intransitive verb. informal. : to fool around and waste time : dawdle.