Kids, let’s face it, are idiots by nature, and that’s not their fault.
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Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Freedom from screech No one wants to sit near idiots who just want to scream about their love of their team and provoke fans into fights, like the one Monday between Yankees and Rangers fans at Globe Life Field.
After embarking on the quest to bring back dodos, the company also teamed up with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to create native habitats in which the bird survived before its extinction.
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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McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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.
If unorganized, free-range fun is more your vibe, kids will adore running around the ducks, geese, and squirrels, as well as feeding the donkeys or the fish in the pond—with gelato breaks thrown in for good measure.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
The first donkeys arrived at Ville-Evrard hospital in 2016 as part of a project launched by Ermelinda and François Hadey.
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