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Sunday, July 13, 2008

derogatory labels

idiot, dumbass and moron... all in the dictionary as different words but used interchangeably.

idiot - an utterly foolish or senseless person.


dumbass - a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.


moron - a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.

It seems I have inadvertently listed these names in order of severity. Idiot is the worst and moron seems to be less severe. Utterly is superlative in that it is synonymous with absolutely. If you are absolutely foolish and senseless, there is no hope for you. If you are throughly stupid, there may still be hope, you just need to be purged of your stupidity. If you are notably stupid, it's obvious that you lack intelligence but not absolutely nor is it prevalent in your temperament.

So, in evaluation of this blog entry, it leans toward being moronic, as it is notably stupid (but not necessarily lacking in good judgment), it does not seem to be thoroughly stupid (use of big words) and it does not seem to be utterly foolish or senseless.

So if you read this, you now know which word to use to each unfortunate, respectively.

(word definitions obtained from dictionary.com)

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