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

My brother-in-law taught his children to call my husband “Uncle Ditz” when they started to talk, and now at ages 9 and 11, they call him “Ditzy.”

From Slate