Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a mental age of between eight and twelve years; also used as a derogatory term.
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- adjective medicine having a mental age of between seven and twelve years
- adjective slang behaving in the manner of a
moron ;idiotic ;stupid
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- adjective having a mental age of between eight and twelve years
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Examples
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And calling his children "moronic" is just flat-out unkind.
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That's as oxymoronic, and just plain moronic, as it gets. alexbroner
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To which Mr Mitchelmore responds: "Let me guess: offer them loads of cash to write drivel in moronic London newspapers?"
Sunday Salon: brutal blogging and biography Maxine 2008
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To which Mr Mitchelmore responds: "Let me guess: offer them loads of cash to write drivel in moronic London newspapers?"
April 2008 Maxine 2008
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To which Mr Mitchelmore responds: "Let me guess: offer them loads of cash to write drivel in moronic London newspapers?"
Sunday Salon: brutal blogging and biography Maxine 2008
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But much more then that, how moronic is it to join in a field ... to go thru a 4 year program (no matter how worthless it may be) without, apparently, knowing that the beginning pay is around $32K or so a year ... a damned good wage for a 182 day per year job.
Sound Politics: "Ample provision" is a function of both funding and expenses 2007
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The idea that our presence takes away all motivation for them to work out self-government is, well, the word moronic comes to mind.
McCain versus Obama. Ann Althouse 2008
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Keep practicing, moron .. you may eventually be able to tackle 7-letter words -- try "moronic" -- for your next posting.
Crooks and Liars 2008
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If I have a great blog post idea, or interesting thought about the world, instant feedback on whether it’s interesting, or true, or totally moronic, is an amazing resource.
A Writer’s Greatest Tool: the Smartphone | Write to Done 2010
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By using the Olympics-snow situation as evidence of global warming, Obama is using the exact same short-term moronic argument that deniers are using in evidence against global warming.
Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers. 2010
bilby commented on the word moronic
WordNet is very precise about this.
October 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word moronic
Weirdnet is always precise; there's no equivocation there.
October 6, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word moronic
Dictionary battle: Wiktionary says it's between seven and twelve.
According to Wikipedia the term moron was used in psychology to refer to someone with a mental age of 8 - 12 on the Binet scale, so we may have to let WordNet off this time.
October 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word moronic
I was jus' thunkin', if you go all the way back to the Greek root the term simply implies a dullard. So the age-groups are a modern attempt at definition, it appears.
October 6, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word moronic
And duly added to the 'But technically it means...' list.
October 6, 2008
rolig commented on the word moronic
But surely not everyone with a mental age of 8-12 is moronic. What about children age 8-12? They're not morons, are they? These definitions should say: "referring to adults with a mental age…"
October 6, 2008
dontcry commented on the word moronic
Right. What if you are a baby with the 'mental age of between eight and twelve years' (whatever that means anyway...). Moronic?
Look at that moronic infant doing calculus. What an idiot!
October 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word moronic
Online Etymological Dictionary sez:
"1910, from Gk. (Attic) moron, neut. of moros 'foolish, dull' (probably cognate with Skt. murah 'idiotic;' L. morus 'foolish' is a loan-word from Gk.). Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded with a technical definition 'adult with a mental age between 8 and 12;' used as an insult since 1922 and subsequently dropped from technical use. Linnæus had introduced morisis 'idiocy.'"
October 6, 2008