variants
or clodpole
as in idiot
a stupid person
mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced
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Noun
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026 -
The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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After Saturday’s glam — quarterbacks threw passes to smooth-moving receivers while running backs dodged tackling dummies — Sunday offers a dose of grit.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Harold Lloyd is the title rookie who gets to Tate University looking for football glory and maybe a girlfriend, too, and quickly becomes the resident tackling dummy in a template for sports and college comedies that followed.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Clodpoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clodpoll. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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