idiot

  • 81idiot card — noun see idiot sheet * * * Television Slang. See cue card. [1955 60] * * * idiot card noun A large card with words, etc, for the same purpose as an idiot board • • • Main Entry: ↑idiot * * * idiot card or …

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  • 82Idiot defense — The idiot defense is a satirical term for a legal strategy where a defendant claims innocence by virtue of having been ignorant of facts of which the defendant would normally be expected to be aware. Other terms used for this tactic include dumb… …

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  • 83Idiot plot — In literary and film criticism, an idiot plot is a plot which (in the words of the Turkey City Lexicon), functions only because all the characters involved are idiots: They behave in a way that suits the author s convenience, rather than through… …

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  • 84Idiot utile — Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Idiot utile », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) L’expression « idiot utile » s’applique à des personnes qui, de bonne intention et de bonne foi, promeuvent aveuglément une… …

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  • 85Idiot (1992 film) — Infobox Film name =Idiot image size = caption = director = Mani Kaul producer = writer =Anup Singh Hemendra Bhatia Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel) narrator = starring = Shahrukh Khan Ayub Khan Din music =Vikram Joglekar D. Wood cinematography =Piyush… …

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  • 86Idiot Road — Infobox Album Name = Idiot Road Type = Album Artist = The Arrogant Worms Released = December 18, 2001 Recorded = Genre = Comedy Length = Label = Arrogant Worms Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Dirt! (1999) This album = Idiot Road (2001)… …

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  • 87Idiot Box (film) — Infobox Film name = Idiot Box caption = director = David Caesar producer = Nicki Roller, Glenys Rowe writer = David Caesar starring = Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson, Graeme Blundell music = Tim Rogers cinematography = Joseph Pickering… …

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  • 88Idiot Proof — In modern English usage, the term idiot proof describes building, organizing or writing in such a way as to be usable to someone of lower to average intelligence. Defensive design. The term came into use in the late 1970s to early 1980s.Several… …

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  • 89idiot savant — /id ee euht sa vahnt , seuh vant , sav euhnt/; Fr. /ee dyoh sann vahonn /, pl. idiot savants, Fr. idiots savants /ee dyoh sann vahonn /. Psychiatry. a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly… …

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  • 90idiot-stick — I n A person who acts stupid That idiot stick really does some dumb things. 2000s II n A stick so simple to use that an idiot can use it. If you don t know how to space tiles, you can use the idiot stick. 1980s III n An imaginary stick that makes …

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