airhead

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That's why you're an airhead, the Donkeys are in power so Reid et al are happy.

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  1. noun Slang A silly, rather unintelligent person.
  2. noun An area of hostile or enemy-controlled territory secured by paratroops or air-assault forces.

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  • I'm not just an airhead, you know Elise laughed nervously, her hand over her mouth like a little girl. —  Author Galley
  • Even if it was on the grounds of being thought an airhead or a bimbo. —  Judge and Jury
  • She was drawn to the scholastic and artistic crowds in high school, but they rejected her point-blank, assuming either that she was a flighty airhead or that by applying for the literary magazine or history club or forensic society she was mocking the gawky students in those circles On the other hand, she was fiercely courted by the cliquish in-crowd of cheerleaders and athletes, few of whom she could stand. —  Jeffery Deaver - Beautiful
  • True, one was an airhead, the other eighteen going on eighty, but the difference between these two young women and the village women he had been briefed on in trooper school was vast. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
  • Ramadan for me means a month of patience, no partying, no drinking and losing weight. (how airhead-ish?) —  Qwaider Planet
 

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