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Ninny vs Fathead - What's the difference?

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Ninny is a related term of fathead.


As nouns the difference between ninny and fathead

is that ninny is a silly or foolish person while fathead is (derogatory) an idiot; a fool.

ninny

English

Noun

(ninnies)
  • a silly or foolish person
  • * {{quote-book
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    ''Sim.
    Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her? }}
  • * "Ninny — that soft, smiling, self-effacing, apologetic fellow, the type who is terribly sorry when you happen to step on his foot, the kind you can borrow money from in the certainty he will never demand you repay it." — (1962)
  • fathead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
  • Donny, you fathead ! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!
  • (zoology) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas , the (black-headed minnow).
  • (zoology) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (derogatory) dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop, see also

    Antonyms

    * (derogatory) genius English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs