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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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Noun
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The game will start with a new setting, with vault hunters leaving previous installments setting of Pandora for the all-new planet of Kairos, and will confront a villain called The Timekeeper.—
Jonathan Zavaleta,
Rolling Stone,
25 July 2025 -
Then, in one of the boldest gut punches in children's cinema, Disney yanks the rug out from under its audience with an offscreen tragedy: Bambi's mother is gunned down by an unseen hunter, making this the studio's first foray in introducing young viewers to parental loss.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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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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“Nimrod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nimrod. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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