On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:36:05 -0500
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cybe R. Wizard writes:
> > It has been my experience that 'average' (and, of course, below)
> > contains a large supply of doofuses, too, so there /must/ be a
> > substantial percentage of doofuses if the number is (as it seems to
> > be) above 50% of the population.
>
> I do not equate "of below average intelligence" with "doofus".
Hmmm,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dict doofus
2 definitions found
>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
[gcide]:
doofus \doo"fus\, n.
a person who is stupid or inept; -- used contemptuously.
[Also spelled {dufus}.] [Slang]
Syn: dingdong, ding-a-ling. [PJC]
>From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
doofus
n : a stupid incompetent person [syn: {dimwit}, {nitwit},
{half-wit}]
Maybe we don't speak the same language.
Cybe R. Wizard
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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