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- noun informal Someone lacking in
intelligence
Etymologies
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Examples
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They don't do those, I told him irritably (what kind of halfwit expects a menu in a restaurant?).
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Strange … the "halfwit" won both presidential campaigns he ran …. cs89 on April 8, 2009 at 8: 44 PM
Hot Air » Top Picks 2009
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Strange … the "halfwit" won both presidential campaigns he ran ….
Hot Air » Top Picks 2009
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In 2008, it became an everyday occurrence to spend a bus or train journey inwardly groaning as some halfwit of a fellow passenger broadcast music through the tinny loudspeakers of their mobile.
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On Wednesday, in my new-found role as court reporter, I heard Paul's QC argue that only a "halfwit" wouldn't see that this was a joke.
Al Murray on the Twitter joke trial: 'Problem is, the law don't do funny' 2012
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You just can't be sure that that someone wasn't a "halfwit, fool or a person with a grudge."
Will Books Survive? Raymond Zhong 2011
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And yet even the halfwit books retain a certain fascination, as Messrs.
Will Books Survive? Raymond Zhong 2011
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Sash is smart, but not quite smart enough to outwit the halfwit.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Meanwhile, Nick breaks the awkward silence with Madge concerning her current plight, and a not very plausible ginger-haired halfwit continues to pursue the ladies.
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The trouble with that logic is I am black and I am not childish halfwit who espouses the mantra of racism many people of color spew forth.
slumry commented on the word halfwit
Old joke alert!
"He thought he was a wit, and he was half right."
July 12, 2007