ditz

[ dits ]

noun

1. Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; airhead.

ditz

/ dɪts /

noun

1. slang.
   a silly scatterbrained person

Word History and Origins

Origin of ditz¹

First recorded in 1975–80; back formation from ditzy

Word History and Origins

Origin of ditz¹

C20: back-formation from ditzy

Example Sentences

Like ditz, Barbie has long been shorthand for a woman who focuses on her looks to the exclusion of all else.

From Slate

Gilda Radner, a comic on “Saturday Night Live,” invented a new caricature: Baba Wawa, a funny-talking ditz.

From Washington Post

This time the ditz is Muriel Tate, a New Jersey woman who comes to the Plaza to see, for the first time in nearly 17 years, her high school boyfriend, Jesse Kiplinger.

From New York Times

But the update of Hilary from a proud ditz to an earnest and hypercompetent cook and commentator attuned to racism in the food world also exemplifies the reboot’s superficial and tiresome bids for social relevance.

From Washington Post

“I was a woman. I was a gay woman. I was a person who had been an activist for a long time, but had never held political office, and obviously the governor is a really big place to start. And I am an actress, which is a barely coded word for ‘bimbo’ or ‘ditz’.

From The Guardian