For all the seniors out there that find Elizabeth Taylor still relevant, a flibbertigibbet is basically a chatty gossip. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Taylor urges primary voters to back Clinton] Reference
Either she's misusing the word flibbertigibbet or she's endorsing the wrong candidate. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Taylor urges primary voters to back Clinton] Reference
Joe Versus The Volcano, only one of whom is a self-described "flibbertigibbet" (a sort of antiquated version of the MPDG). From Wordnik.com. [How Now Brownpau] Reference
Not too bad, considering I'm a flibbertigibbet writer. From Wordnik.com. [November 2007] Reference
And flibbertigibbet, I think, is Rogers and Hammerstein. From Wordnik.com. [Kids' Book Boasts The Best Words, Real Or Not] Reference
From the OED (in case anyone's wondering): flibbertigibbet, n. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Taylor urges primary voters to back Clinton] Reference
Or it could be a gracious way of describing a flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [Sure I.B.M. Is Smaller. So What? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Another prominent, although a bit flibbertigibbet figure is Irene's nurse. From Wordnik.com. [Galadriel's Secret Origins] Reference
Well, some would say she's just a flibbertigibbet, a will o' the wisp...even a clown. From Wordnik.com. ["And then whats-her-name said, well, you know! It was awesome!"] Reference
Unlike, by heavy implication, the flibbertigibbet PR man at the helm of the Conservatives. From Wordnik.com. [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference
Who are the silly/flighty yes I had to look up flibbertigibbet critics who are attacking the 'us' in your sentence?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Why, I can just see them sitting there glowering at me, muttering darkly about treacherous flibbertigibbet fly-by-night friends. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
LLOYD GROVE, "NEW YORK DAILY NEWS": For me it was sort of a crisis of the soul: "What am I doing writing about this flibbertigibbet?". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2004] Reference
"She's a clever girl, who is down to earth," he said, in words taken by many as a tacit criticism of the flibbertigibbet Victoria Beckham. From Wordnik.com. [David Beckham shows Wayne Rooney how to survive the circus] Reference
Just because that little flibbertigibbet, Annie Laurie. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
'She's such a flibbertigibbet,' usually said with a fond little laugh. From Wordnik.com. [3quarksdaily] Reference
And ne'er was man or maid worse named; for to call such a flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales] Reference
If anyone has a clue, shoot us a flibbertigibbet at [email protected]. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
And no, I'm not talking about some flibbertigibbet excitedly announcing the weekend. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Lord Mandelson's 'flibbertigibbet' adds class to art of political insult Car leasing. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Likewise, she was perfectly cast as the Kira-fanboy flibbertigibbet Misa in My-HiME Blu-ray. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
The last was one of the old Cotton-Petticoats, and in her younger days had been a flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [Ptomaine Street] Reference
I'd prefer that to these flibbertigibbet deluges of piddling pointlessnesses that the creationists want to fling at us. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
But I think you are a horrid old -- old flibbertigibbet. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million] Reference
You look to me like a flibbertigibbet, -- if you know what that is. ". From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Women on a Holiday] Reference
"It was easy to get fond of the boy," said Cadfael, "but dangerous, with such a flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Thief]
But you have to be a flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Battle - Yet again] Reference
I am nothing if not a flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [Rambling really fast] Reference
I'm not going to another catty flibbertigibbet. From Wordnik.com. [Woodchuck Chumley: I, Woodchuck Chumley] Reference
F is father of many an odd and peerless word: fussbudget, flimflam, and flibbertigibbet.). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 1] Reference
Mike Pomeroy (Ford to co-anchor, against his will, opposite an ex-beauty pagaent flibbertigibbet (. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
So consider flibbertigibbet and tatterdemalion. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2] Reference
"Regular flibbertigibbet, she was. From Wordnik.com. [Sleeping Murder]
“She’s such a flibbertigibbet.”. From Wordnik.com. [Pies & Prejudice] Reference
“What’s a flibbertigibbet?” asks Becca. From Wordnik.com. [Pies & Prejudice] Reference
Neither Barack OR hillary are flibbertigibbets .. flibbertigibbet \FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it\, noun. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Taylor urges primary voters to back Clinton] Reference
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