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To think if someone’s stupid, it’s really hard to describe them without either being called out for being disablist or using an expletive?

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Windthebobbinup1982 · 08/05/2018 21:34

If I say moron, idiot, cretin etc. I risk being called disablist...
So I’m basically reduced to using words like dick, twat, cock etc... which you can’t really use in polite company...

Is there any noun to describe someone who's stupid without doing one or the other?

And by ‘stupid’, I don’t mean someone who is unintelligent, I mean someone who’s acting in a way that’s at odds with their intelligence.
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OP posts:
Battleax · 09/05/2018 12:27

I use “Ill though out” far too much OP but I generally find it useful because it’s better to criticise the idea than the person.

GorgonLondon · 09/05/2018 12:31

Terry Fuckwit is a Viz character.

IIIustriousIyIllogical · 09/05/2018 14:03

Terry Fuckwit is a Viz character

Cheers for that Einstein, I know.....

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