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moron

ˈmɔˌrɑn
WordNet
Interesting fact
The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot
  1. (n) Moron
    a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
  2. (n) moron
    a person of subnormal intelligence
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The word "sophomore" means "sophisticated moron."
  1. Moron
    (Pedagogy) A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development; an adult having the mental development of an 8-to-12-year old. A moron is considered capable of doing routine work under supervision.
  2. Moron
    An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city of Moron, in Spain.
  3. Moron
    Hence, a very stupid person.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) moron
    A variety of salamander.
Quotations
David Ogilvy
The consumer isn't a moron. She is your wife.
David Ogilvy
The growth of affluence, the growth of education, has led to a shortage of morons.
Leonard Neal
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Gr. mw^ros foolish, stupid

Usage in the news

Bush is a moron and he's not alone. innipegfreepress.com

Moron Brothers to perform at Pennyroyal Opera House in Fairview. daily-jeff.com

Why not just ask a 911 operator, which is what this moron did. keyj.com

Adam Sandler will shock a lot of people with the ferocity and feeling of his performance in Punch-Drunk Love, especially those snobs who dismiss Sandler's movies as moronic drool without actually seeing any of them. rollingstone.com

"'Moronic Bloggers' Is Redundant ," Says CNBC Hostess. nymag.com

'This guy is a moron'. chicagotribune.com

Diaper Dad Is a Hapless Moron in AT&T's New Ad Nicely done, but oh so familiar By David Gianatasio. adweek.com

This dramatic gesture, of unknown intent, apparently was not coordinated with Moron #1, and the holdup was aborted. ashingtonpost.com

But it was barely 16 minutes into the hour and PJ was called a moron. xyc.org

As we mentioned in our newest RockShow feature, "Vote Or Don't", most of America's politicians are morons. kfmx.com

It's hard to decide who are the biggest morons in this story: parents or daughter 15 year-old Alexa Longueira was walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten Island when she fell into an open manhole. ired.com

It's hard to decide who are the biggest morons in this story: parents or daughter 15 year-old Alexa Longueira was walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten Island when she fell into an open manhole . ired.com

I have said it many times over the past few years that the cheapest and by far most moronic political shot is to compare a sitting president to Adolph Hitler, whether that person be a Republican or a Democrat. mccookgazette.com

A man in Russia is the latest moron to hit the news, this time for being drunk and falling asleep while doing a burglary. 1063thebuzz.com

Opposing Duke Deal is 'Moronic'. citybeat.com

Usage in scientific papers

Morones Prieto 4500 Pte., San Pedro Garza Garc´ıa, Nuevo Le ´on, 66238, M ´exico 5 Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Canarias, V´ıa L ´actea s /n, E38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain 6 Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley, Loc.
TASTE. III. A homogeneous study of transit time variations in WASP-3b

It dawned on the grasshopper that although the individual ants were just boring little morons idiotically following rules, the nest as a whole was managing to find the closest leaves, bring them back along optimal routes, and feed them to its plantations of fungi.
Interplay between Network Topology and Dynamics in Neural Systems

Usage in literature

After all, some men are pretty hairy, and some are moronic. "Unwise Child" by Gordon Randall Garrett

Leaving Quintero, they anchored, on the 15th of April, off Moron Moreno. "Notable Voyagers" by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

The world would laugh at such a moral moron, if it did not actually destroy him as an enemy of society. "The American Credo" by George Jean Nathan

Must have acted like a moron, running until he dropped. "The Short Life" by Francis Donovan

Hell's bells, do you have to stand there gaping like a moronic ninepin? "The Sky Trap" by Frank Belknap Long

Moron val, who looked on, shrugged his shoulders, with a glance at his wife. "Jack" by Alphonse Daudet

Tommy giggled like a moron. "The Copper-Clad World" by Harl Vincent

How anyone, save a young child or a moron, can read and enjoy such futile nonsense is incredible. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931" by Various

The expression on his face was that of a reasonably happy moron. "The Foreign Hand Tie" by Gordon Randall Garrett

Most of these goons must be moronic, thought Dalgetty. "The Sensitive Man" by Poul William Anderson

Usage in poetry
First, I shall apply to Zabinas,
and if this moron does not appreciate me,
I shall go to his rival Grypos.
And if this idiot does not hire me,
I shall go straight to Hyrcanos.
John T. has perspicacity;
He has a vast capacity
For measuring his moron passing well.
Tho' men of seniority,
When they're in a majority
They'll send him into office for a spell.
But even morons think a while
When trembling on the brink a while
Of chaos, and they've lately come to see,
Subtracting his aggressiveness
And picturesque expressiveness.
There's noting much remaining of John T.
They glour at me, my tomes of learning.
"You dolt!" they jibe; "you undiscerning
Moronic oaf, you make a fuss,
With highbrow swank selecting us;
Saying: "I'll read you all some day' -
And now you yawn and turn away.
He asked himself, poor moron, because he had
Nobody else to ask. The others went right on
Talking about form, talking about myth
And the (so help us) need for a modern idiom;
The verseballs among them kept counting syllables.