A person who is foolish, easily distracted, and/or gluttonous.
Origin
Name of an amiable but stupid character who gorges on beer and doughnuts in the long-running animated television series The Simpsons, said to be named after a character in Nathanael West's novel The Day of the Locust (1939).
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