Ninnyhammer (noun) (archaic)
Nin-ee-ham-uh
A fool or a braggart.
This seemed the perfect word for today! Archaic, with the earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer
Example sentences
“Such a ninnyhammer, he totally fell for my April Fool’s joke.”
“He’s always taking credit for things he didn’t do, the ninnyhammer.”
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