| Desperate-for-attention sort, in Zoomer slang |
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| Fool, in dated slang |
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| Dimwit |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Foolish sort |
New York Times |
22 May 2023 |
| Goose |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Knucklehead |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2023 |
| Chucklehead |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Ninny |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Ninny |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Ninny |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2022 |
| One offering intense but unrequited affection, in modern usage |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2022 |
| Ninny |
Premier Sunday |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Chowderhead |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Featherbrain |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Nincompoop |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Fool |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Dummy |
Canadiana |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Fool |
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| Easy mark |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2019 |
| Easy mark |
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| Gullible sort |
The Washington Post |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Gullible sort |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Gullible type |
USA Today |
14 Nov 2018 |
| Fool |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Easily fooled sort |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Dimwit |
New York Times |
15 Mar 2018 |
| Easily fooled sort |
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| Gullible sort |
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| Gullible type |
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| Dimwit |
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| Gullible sort |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Easily duped sort |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Dunderhead |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Dunderhead |
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| Gullible sort |
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| Easily duped sort |
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| Dimwit |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2016 |
| Chowderhead |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Easy mark |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2016 |
| Featherbrain |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2016 |
| Foolish fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2016 |
| Easily fooled person |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2016 |
| Nitwit |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Fool |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Easy mark |
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| Nitwit |
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| Ninny |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Doofus |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Blockhead |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Boob |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2015 |
| Blockhead |
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| Birdbrain |
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| Boob |
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| Ninny |
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| Dunce |
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| Fool |
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| Kin left out bubbly cokes (as of old) |
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| Easy mark |
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| Chucklehead |
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| Gullible sort |
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| Fool, for short |
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| Lamebrain |
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| Nincompoop |
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| Fool |
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| Numskull |
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| Not the brightest bulb on the tree |
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| Probable patsy |
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| Nitwit |
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| Nitwit |
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| Nincompoop |
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| Ninny |
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| Gullible sort |
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| Likely patsy |
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| Blockhead |
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| Likely patsy |
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| Ninny |
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| Ninny |
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| Chowderhead |
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| Fool |
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| Dunce |
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| Lamebrain |
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| Boob |
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| Airhead |
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| Airhead |
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| Boob |
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| Lamebrain |
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| Dolt |
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| Dimwit |
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| Lamebrain |
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| Foolish fellow |
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| Foolish fellow |
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| Nincompoop, informally |
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| Birdbrain |
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| Nincompoop |
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| Dunce |
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| Dunce |
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| Half-wit |
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| Half-wit |
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| Easy mark |
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| Fool |
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| Dimwit |
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| Tool |
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| Ninny |
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| Nincompoop |
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| Foolish fellow |
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| Dimwit |
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| Lamebrain |
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| Dullard |
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| Birdbrain |
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| Knucklehead |
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| Ninny |
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| Chowderhead |
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| Idiot: sl. |
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| Dimwit |
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| Ninny |
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| Ignoramus |
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| Easy mark |
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| Dummy |
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| Meathead |
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| Dolt |
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| Chump |
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| Dope |
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| Bonehead |
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| In England, he's a gubbins |
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| Dumbbell |
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| Blockhead |
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| Stupe |
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| Dunce: Slang. |
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| A poor fish. |
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| Gullible one: Slang. |
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| Noodlehead: Slang. |
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| Short for a boob. |
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| Booby. |
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| Short for an oaf. |
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| Silly person: Colloq. |
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| Fool |
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| Doofus |
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| Relative of a nincompoop. |
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| Nitwit. |
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| A fool: Slang. |
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| Silly person: Slang. |
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| Foolish fellow: Slang. |
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