cotton-headed ninny-muggins
cotton-headed ninny-muggins · cotton-headed ninny-mugginses
A whimsical insult meaning silly fool or simpletonA whimsical insult meaning silly fool or simpleton.
Meaning
1 senses(humorous, informal, no plural)A whimsical insult meaning silly fool or simpleton.
Origin
From cotton-headed + ninny (“fool”) + muggins (“gullible person”); implied to be part of tFrom cotton-headed + ninny (“fool”) + muggins (“gullible person”); implied to be part of the Christmas elf dialect from the North Pole; originally from the Christmas film Elf (2003).
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Forms
plural: cotton-headed ninny-mugginses| Singular | cotton-headed ninny-muggins |
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| Plural | cotton-headed ninny-mugginses |
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