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the word "ninnies"
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i've heard people say this a few times the last couple days, more times than in the last few years. what does it mean exactly?
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It's like a really, really, really mild version of "Richard Head".
Ninny = singular.
Ninnies = plural.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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A ninny is a dolt.
My favorite usage of the word is in Midsummer Night's Dream, when two unskilled actors are rehearsing lines:
Flute: I'll meet thee, Pyramus, at Ninny's tomb.
Quince: 'Ninus' tomb,' man
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Houghton-Miflin says it means 'A fool; a simpleton.' I've never thought of Doofy's choice word as being in the same league-Richard Head has always had negative, mean-spirited connotations for me, while "ninny" is benign. Kind of like the character Zero in Beatle Bailey.
I should point out that there's a slang application for the term: in some regions of the South (U.S.) it also means "breasts" in their mammary sense.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I've never thought of Doofy's choice word as being in the same league-Richard Head has always had negative, mean-spirited connotations for me, while "ninny" is benign.
Arh. "Richard Head" isn't half as nasty over here as it probably is over there. Groups of guys will often define themselves as "Richard Heads" when out for a night on the town, for example.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I should point out that there's a slang application for the term: in some regions of the South (U.S.) it also means "breasts" in their mammary sense.
What word can't be used to mean breasts?
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What word can't be used to mean breasts?
feet?
(Last edited by Kerrigan; Jul 31, 2006 at 09:58 PM.
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serviceable....no wait 
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Its a very effeminate archvillian slur.
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It's time to learn how to use ^-⌘-D (Or if you are smart and have it remapped to F8: F8)
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I should point out that there's a slang application for the term: in some regions of the South (U.S.) it also means "breasts" in their mammary sense.
Growing up here in Toronto, it was children's slang for nipple.
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Originally Posted by BRussell
What word can't be used to mean breasts?
“Elbows”.
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You bubble headed Ninny!
You neanderthal ninny.
Used by Dr. Smith in Lost in Space (1966-1969)
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I think I've only encountered that word in Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman."
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Originally Posted by BRussell
What word can't be used to mean breasts?
1. pancreas
2. Declaration of Independence
3. swordfish
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. I
6. DVD
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swordfish can mean something else though.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
2. Declaration of Independence
"Hey, show us your independence!"
*flashes*
"Woooo!"
Originally Posted by Jawbone54
6. DVD
"Now those are some DVDs I could watch. Can't wait for the 'extras' feature."
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A serious reply:
Originally Posted by BRussell
What word can't be used to mean breasts?
“Breast”.
You can use pretty much anything you want to mean ‘breasts’ (as illustrated by olePigeon above); except the singular form of the same word. At least, I can’t think of any way to make the singular form mean ‘breasts’ in the plural (though that may just be due to tiredness).
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