NOUN | a nincompoop | nincompoops | |
SYNO | nincompoop | ninny | poop |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- William Wycherley may have coined the expression "nincompoop" (certainly, the word occurs in "The Plain Dealer").
- A new baseball statistic was developed in 2008 called TOOTBLAN - an acronym that stands for Thrown Out on the Bases Like a Nincompoop - in order to account for Theriot's poor baserunning skills.
- He is charged with being the handler for the Pope (who is always referred to by his title, and never given any name) who is a complete nincompoop with the emotional and mental maturity of a four-year-old.
- She thinks he is a nincompoop, but warns him that a man in a brown bowler hat (named Linthorn) is on the train searching for him.
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