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单词 numpty
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numpty

/ˈnʌmpti /
noun (plural numpties) Scottish informal
A stupid or ineffectual person.Now the great numpty is serving 28 days in prison after another act of Comedy Terrorism in which he chucked paint over a Turner Prize nominated artist....
  • For a few minutes I felt like a complete numpty, then I got into it.
  • Some numpty forgot to make the developing room light-tight so we're all getting fogged film.

Origin

1980s: origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of numbskull, the ending perhaps remodelled on the pattern of Humpty Dumpty.

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