Walter Mitty

A person, generally quite ordinary or ineffectual, who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs. For example, He's a Walter Mitty about riding in a rodeo but is actually afraid of horses. This term comes from James Thurber's short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), describing just such a character.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rozalija	-	Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Oluwasegun	-	Western African, Yoruba
&Thorn;ÓRmÓ&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Stephan	SHTE-fahn (German)	German, Dutch
Ignacia	eeg-NAH-thyah (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Bearach	-	Irish