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- noun The beliefs and behaviours of a
nincompoop ;folly ;idiocy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His report is just more nincompoopery from a Congress that will go to any lengths to keep the president from looking like a incompetent fool.
Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Right Wing Falsely Claims Iraq Is Safer Than Washington, D.C. 2006
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The interesting thing about climate deniers is that if they succeed in finding ways to make their bogus nincompoopery prevail over science and common sense, when worse comes to worse their ilk will, along with everyone else, be eradicated/extincted.
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Enough of the tomnoddy nonsense with its runes and galactic join-the-dots nincompoopery.
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We yawned at the "lock box" droning and debate sighing from Gore, and we laughed at the verbal nincompoopery of Bush, and, at the end of the day, the glitches canceled each other out.
Bob Cesca: Killing the False Equivalency "Both Sides" Meme Bob Cesca 2010
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Ultimately, her nincompoopery and fumbly ignorance was completely eclipsed today by her reprehensible tastelessness, proved by the ill-considered timing of her video, and, even worse, by her unforgivable lack of deference to the men and women who have more than earned our attention for at least one uninterrupted day.
Bob Cesca: Sarah Palin Fumbles and Flails Into an Otherwise Solemn Day Bob Cesca 2011
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We yawned at the "lock box" droning and debate sighing from Gore, and we laughed at the verbal nincompoopery of Bush, and, at the end of the day, the glitches canceled each other out.
Bob Cesca: Killing the False Equivalency "Both Sides" Meme Bob Cesca 2010
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Ultimately, her nincompoopery and fumbly ignorance was completely eclipsed today by her reprehensible tastelessness, proved by the ill-considered timing of her video, and, even worse, by her unforgivable lack of deference to the men and women who have more than earned our attention for at least one uninterrupted day.
Bob Cesca: Sarah Palin Fumbles and Flails Into an Otherwise Solemn Day Bob Cesca 2011
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We yawned at the "lock box" droning and debate sighing from Gore, and we laughed at the verbal nincompoopery of Bush, and, at the end of the day, the glitches canceled each other out.
Bob Cesca: Killing the False Equivalency "Both Sides" Meme Bob Cesca 2010
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Ultimately, her nincompoopery and fumbly ignorance was completely eclipsed today by her reprehensible tastelessness, proved by the ill-considered timing of her video, and, even worse, by her unforgivable lack of deference to the men and women who have more than earned our attention for at least one uninterrupted day.
Bob Cesca: Sarah Palin Fumbles and Flails Into an Otherwise Solemn Day Bob Cesca 2011
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Politically, however, Wendy Alexander's conversion to the idea is yet another sign of Labour's nincompoopery.
Archive 2008-05-04 2008
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