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as in idiot
slang
a stupid person
quipped that the mismatched socks made him look like a nimrod
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Recent Examples of nimrod
That’s the gist of the trailer for Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy, a road-trip movie in which not everything goes smoothly.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
Serving as producers for Nimrods are Green Day members Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, alongside Tim Perell for Process.
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Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
Serving as producers for Nimrods are Green Day members Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, alongside Tim Perell for Process.
—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nimrod
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Another star at a similar distance from Earth is Bellatrix, which shines at the left shoulder of the celestial hunter depicted in the constellation Orion.
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If the requirement is a dedicated Cold War-style submarine hunter optimized for deep-ocean warfare, the Seawolf remains one of the finest attack submarines ever produced.
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.
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“Nimrod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nimrod. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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