Friday 15th April
2016
Ninnyhammer \ [nin-ee-ham-er]
noun
1. a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Quote
By noon, two hundred mooncalfs, softheads, boobies, ninnyhammers,noodleheads,
gawkies, and assorted oafs and thickwits would doubtless be lined
up at the address given, ready to turn over all their worldlies for the rare privilege
of sitting at the feet of some guru pregnant with the news that all will be well if
everyone will just turn around and give his neighbour a big hug.
Daniel Quinn, Ishmael 1992
Origin
Ninnyhammer entered English in the late 1500’s. Its first element, ninny,
meaning "a fool or simpleton," may be a pet form of the proper name Innocent.
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