Howard Jacobson

It was reading Hamlet that ruined the concept of authenticity for me, not because Hamlet lacked existentialist credentials himself - indeed, as an earlier discontented Dane, he could be said to have laid the ground for Kierkegaard - but because the line 'to thine own self be true' was spoken by that humourless old ninny, Polonius.

British Novelist

Maya Angelou

If we don't plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don't have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don't have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

American Poet

Faye Dunaway

When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.

American Actress

The term 'ninny' is casual and might be offensive in formal situations.

Colloquial Usage

'Ninny' can be taken as an insult; use it carefully to avoid hurting others.

Possible Offense

Sometimes used humorously about oneself to show a small mistake or foolishness.

Self-Deprecation

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