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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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Recent Examples of nimrod
Serving as producers for Nimrods are Green Day members Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, alongside Tim Perell for Process.
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nimrod
Noun
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The hurricane hunter planes are normally cargo planes that are temporarily outfitted with meteorological equipment, including a dropsonde station.—
Scott Withers,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Job hunters can apply quickly, Bachaud said, and employers are expected to move quickly, too.—
Audrey Payne,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 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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“Nimrod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nimrod. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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