mooncalf

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Recent Examples of mooncalf Assholes can make great music, as can liars, hypocrites, mooncalves, illiterates, teenagers, and borderline personalities, but right-wingers cannot. Rob Tannenbaum, The Cut, 23 June 2017
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Noun
  • There’s a holy fool quality to the boy, who is the subject of teasing.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • Hardly anyone would prefer to be made the fool — healthy skepticism can prevent you from clicking on a phishing link in an email or joining a multilevel marketing scheme — but a life of cynicism isn’t preferable either.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
  • And here a duck has made her nest Six brown eggs in a bed of twigs, More artful than any window display, More precious than a golden egg Laid by a golden goose.
    contributing Monitor poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Paired alongside Williams and Dunst’s airheads, Ferrell plays a nincompoop Bob Woodward, but the role doesn’t give him much of a chance to cut loose.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Being a nature nincompoop may have saved him from a grisly fate.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Americans are advised to eat more fruits and vegetables, include a variety of protein sources—seafood, lean meats, poultry, eggs, legumes, soy products, and unsalted nuts/seeds—and opt for protein sources lower in solid fats and calories.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
  • But this time, his front-right tire was slow to come off, seemingly as the wheel gun did not connect with the wheel nut on the first attempt.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Mooncalf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooncalf. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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