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| tlevine Triglot Senior Member United States thomaslevine.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6882 days ago 127 posts - 130 votes  1 sounds Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French | Message 9 of 14 02 August 2005 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think anyone's given a great example of the usage.
It feels to me that "ditsy" means either "clumsy," or "forgetful" and that "ditz" means just plain stupid. Also, my parents say both, but my grandparents never say "ditz." My friends never use either one. You could use both, but "ditsy" feels to me like a word that only a grandmother would use. When my father was talking about a really stupid teacher who talked a lot and didn't seem to be very organized, he called her a "ditz." My mother used "ditsy" when she was talking about someone who kept forgetting stuff. I can't remember the exact context though. Edited by tlevine on 02 August 2005 at 9:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 6972 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian | Message 10 of 14 03 August 2005 at 12:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I disagree.
Clumsy is a clutz, not a ditz. A ditz is an airhead, and a ditzy is someone who behaves like an airhead. Which is not the same thing as being stupid, either. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| d1575 Newbie United States Joined 6841 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes | Message 11 of 14 04 August 2005 at 11:09am | IP Logged | ||
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Here is a link that summarizes the words meaning and origin:
http://www.willamette.edu/~blong/SpellersDiary/InterludeII.h tml (number 9 and 10) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Giordano Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6955 days ago 213 posts - 218 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Cantonese, Greek | Message 12 of 14 04 August 2005 at 7:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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DITZY! What a 70s word! I love it...
It means (usually) an airhead blonde (not necessarily in hair colour, but in spirit) who isn't too bright and/or seems to live in her own little World. A ditz is someone who is ditzy (by the way, both terms only apply to women). A klutz (it's a yiddish word) is just someone who is clumsy. Edited by Giordano on 04 August 2005 at 7:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Farley Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6873 days ago 681 posts - 739 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 14 04 August 2005 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
Perfect description! Edited by Farley on 04 August 2005 at 9:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 4916 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 14 of 14 26 September 2016 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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People keep saying that "ditzy" means "airhead" yet I don't even know what an "airhead" is. Care to explain?
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