Antedating of "Ditz"

[Fred Shapiro]

ditz (OED 1984)

1982 _People_ 12 July [article beginning on page 55] (Nexis)  Finally she
[Dyan Cannon] graduated to the Type A movie part she has been stuck with
ever since.  "The unhappy wife," she explains.  "You know: the 'neurotic
ditz.'  I played it well once, and they never forgot it."

Fred Shapiro


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