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moron

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[mawr-on]

noun

  1. Informal.a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.

    I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.

  2. Psychology.(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) a person of borderline intelligence in a former and discarded classification of intellectual disability, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.



Ѵǰó

2

[maw-rohn, maw-rawn]

noun

  1. a city in E Argentina, SW of Buenos Aires.

moron

/ mɒˈrɒnɪk, ˈmɔːrɒn /

noun

  1. a foolish or stupid person

  2. a person having an intelligence quotient of between 50 and 70, able to work under supervision

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • moronic adjective
  • moronism noun
  • moronity noun
  • ˈǰDzԾ noun
  • ˈDzԾ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of moron1

An Americanism first recorded in 1905–10; from Greek ōó, neuter of ōó “foolish, dull”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of moron1

C20: from Greek ōDz foolish
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He went at politics like a college freshman, assured that he was right, that he knew everything and that everyone except the rankest moron agreed with him.

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There’s a lot of anger out there, from people who disagree, think I’m a moron, or wonder why I haven’t followed up on their ideas.

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That’s a natural question that evolves from the unending daily tirade of articles and headlines telling us that Trump is a tyrant, a liar, a moron and a horrible fool.

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Musk called the Trump booster a "moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" in a series of posts to social media, drawing little more than a sigh from the White House.

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Musk, whose band of roving nerd-assassins is conducting something like a large-scale Stalinist show trial of the entire federal bureaucracy, called Navarro a “moron” who was “dumber than a sack of bricks.”

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Calling someone a moron is all in good fun, right? Not so much. While moron can sound like a simple schoolyard taunt, the term was originally used by psychologists to classify someone as having mild intellectual disabilities. What’s more, prominent psychologists, notably Henry H. Goddard, who used the label moron promoted eugenics.Moron is no longer in use as a medical term, and it’s offensive and ableist to equate someone you think is acting foolish to a person with a disability.If knowing the history of moron has got you reflecting on your word choices, this slideshow, "These Common 51Թs Have Offensive Histories," discusses many other words whose place in your vocab you may want to reconsider. 

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