dingbat

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She was always a backwater dingbat, but she became a very well put together backwater dingbat -- which likely convinced her that she was no longer a backwater dingbat.

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  1. noun Slang An empty-headed or silly person.
  2. noun An object, such as a brick or stone, used as a missile.
  3. noun Slang An unspecified gadget or other small article, especially one whose name is unknown or forgotten.
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  • And so with this guy, as with ALL the customer service guys I end up on the phone with, I try to focus on NOT sounding like a dingbat.
  • Save your contempt for an actual dingbat, buddy.But of course yesterday, with the snottiest man EVER on the phone, the problem WAS mine.
  • We hauled up some kind of dingbat torpedo and it blew up right after the commodore gave the self-destruct signal. —  Destroyer 106: White Water
  • Even as a dingbat student in the mid-20th century, I knew exactly what to do if I was in a park on a sunny day vaguely —  Chris Whiteside's Blog
  • Do You Think Paris and Doug Will Last? oooh, so edgy - dingbat ... hope those glasses are rigged to mace her in the eyes ... her tan lines will be gross —  The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories
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  1. Probably ding1 + bat2 (as in bats in the belfry).
 

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