http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/ninny/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/ninny/comment-page-1/#comment-22683 Bill Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:52:01 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5138#comment-22683 When i was younger the term ninny was defined as you say but was always taken to also mean a breast, as with boob having the same double meaning, Did I make this up ar soes anyone else recall this same double entendre? When i was younger the term ninny was defined as you say but was always taken to also mean a breast, as with boob having the same double meaning, Did I make this up ar soes anyone else recall this same double entendre?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/ninny/comment-page-1/#comment-21156 Simon Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:45:36 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5138#comment-21156 I'd always assumed "ninny" was short for "nincompoop". But when I compare the dates here to the ones in your old article on "nincompoop", it looks like "ninny" predates it by a few decades. I’d always assumed “ninny” was short for “nincompoop”. But when I compare the dates here to the ones in your old article on “nincompoop”, it looks like “ninny” predates it by a few decades.

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