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Silly billy
An epithet used in mild teasing for a silly person, or one who has just done something of a foolish nature.
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An epithet used in mild teasing for a silly person, or one who has just done something of a foolish nature.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| silly | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| sillyheadnoun | (informal) silly person |
| silly beannoun | (childish) Someone acting in a silly or foolish manner. |
| sillykinsnoun | One who is silly. |
| sillytonnoun | (obsolete) A silly person. |
| silly sausagenoun | (UK) Term of affection, used when someone has made a minor mistake. |
| sillykinnoun | One who is silly. |
| goofballnoun | (informal, often derogatory, sometimes endearing) A foolish or silly person or animal. |
| silly goosenoun | (informal) A silly person; a simpleton. |
| billynoun | A billy goat. |
| nellynoun | (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man. |
| apethnoun | (Northern England, informal, endearing) A silly or foolish person. |
| bashful billynoun | (slang, India, archaic) The slow loris. |
| billy goatnoun | (childish) A male goat. |
| foolshipnoun | The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly |
| willynoun | (hypocoristic, slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, childish) the penis. |
| billy-be-damnednoun | (colloquial) An expletive; accursed; damned. |
| ninnynoun | (informal) A silly or foolish person. |
| blue billynoun | (UK, slang, obsolete) The refuse ammoniacal lime from gas factories. |
| bimbonoun | (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence. |
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