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Bridget Jones Deserved Better. We All Did.

Helen Fielding’s ditzy heroine was all the rage when she was introduced in 1998. Today, her nuttiness and self-loathing read like a relic from another time.

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ditzy

adjective

1. 1.

   INFORMAL

   silly or scatterbrained (typically used of a woman).

   "a ditzy blonde"

   Similar:

   silly

   foolish

   giddy

   lightheaded

   scatterbrained

   featherbrained

   harebrained

   empty-headed

   vacuous

   stupid

   brainless

   skittish

   flighty

   fickle

   capricious

   whimsical

   inconstant

   dippy

   dizzy

   dopey
2. 2.

   (especially of a fabric or print) having a pattern of small, randomly scattered motifs, typically flowers.

   "romantic and bohemian styles in floaty fabrics and ditzy prints"

noun

1. a fabric or print having a pattern of small, randomly scattered motifs, typically flowers.

   "from timeless tartans to stripes and small ditzys"

refactor

verb

COMPUTING

1. restructure (the source code of an application or piece of software) so as to improve operation without altering functionality.

   "developers might be asked to review the architecture and, where possible, refactor code to create smaller and more manageable components"