as in idiot
a stupid person
the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life
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Recent Examples of golem
Chiang’s storytelling is rooted in age-old tropes and references — the Old Testament, golems, Victoriana, high school algebra.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Patron exists as a flying golem at first, then once it's taken enough damage, becomes a stationary orb.
—Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
The silent years were stalked by German versions of golems and vampires, while an American makeup wizard named Lon Chaney gave fright a face — or rather, a gallery of faces.
—A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
The big basket-o-fire golems seen in the last gameplay trailer are on the move, and Mesmer, the seeming big bad of this DLC, is triumphant.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Patron exists as a flying golem at first, then once it's taken enough damage, becomes a stationary orb.
—Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
The silent years were stalked by German versions of golems and vampires, while an American makeup wizard named Lon Chaney gave fright a face — or rather, a gallery of faces.
—A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
The big basket-o-fire golems seen in the last gameplay trailer are on the move, and Mesmer, the seeming big bad of this DLC, is triumphant.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for golem
Noun
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Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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That would be at Texas A&M, and Aggies quarterback Marcel Reed revealed after the game that Moffitt brought out a tackling dummy with Kelly’s face on it to practice on Thursday.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The glass windows are blocked by tables and a piano and a crib and a dressmaker’s dummy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Golem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/golem. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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