as in idiots
a stupid person
stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour
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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
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Kids, let’s face it, are idiots by nature, and that’s not their fault.
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
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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.
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The lunatics are running the asylum.
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Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and other lunatics round out the cast.
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Those grisly trials eventually led to the first generation of moose dummies, which were mostly bundles of strong electrical wire and a wooden beam for a spine.
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The last four movies have had creepy, menacing characters such as Sid, Stinky Pete, Gabby Gabby and the Bensons ventriloquist dummies.
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“Clucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clucks. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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