I’ve been calling them ne’er-do-wells lately, or sometimes layabouts.

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    1 year ago

    Not so much disused but rarely used these days:

    • Nincompoop. (Fun fact: it’s a mangling of Latin “non compos mentis” = “not of sound mind”)

    • Gibbering wretch.

    • Navel starer.

    • Halfwit.

    • Dunce

    Actually rare / disused:

    • Flibbertygibbet. Means “airhead” which itself is a kind of weird word, but is better known. Both usually applied to girls and young women, but can also be used for males, etc.