# Is there a female word for 'putz'?

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**Created:** [October 9, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-female-word-for-putz/1008581 "2024-10-09T00:53:02Z")\
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Surely I’m not the only old-timer who remembers when we had a “Putz!” smiley here on the SDMB. (Although I’ve been unable to find an image of it.)

> [@why is a putz a wally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-putz-a-wally/261815):
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> Why is this :wally called “wally” in the code to make it? Who is Wally and is he a :wally ? Oh, and is he winking? Do people, or this Wally person, wink when they say putz?

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