jackaninny

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jackaninny

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Unknown; speculatively, influence may flow (in some direction) among the following words: jackass, ninny, jackanapes, pickaninny.

noun jackaninnies

dated, rare, vulgar A foolish or incompetent person.
Similar: jackass, ninny, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo

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@misc{jackaninny_2026,
  title = {jackaninny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jackaninny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}