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minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPSlinkfedilink19•8 months agoI believe the scientific term used to be “moronic”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•8 months agoNot just moron, idiot has its roots as an old word for intellectual disability
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoIIRC, originally it meant ordinary person (as opposed to one especially educated). Which suggests that it fell onto the euphemism treadmill, and people using it colloquially to mean someone particularly stupid crowded out the formal meaning.
I believe the scientific term used to be “moronic”.
Not just moron, idiot has its roots as an old word for intellectual disability
IIRC, originally it meant ordinary person (as opposed to one especially educated). Which suggests that it fell onto the euphemism treadmill, and people using it colloquially to mean someone particularly stupid crowded out the formal meaning.