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Originally Posted by rane
Everyone knows the word "idiot" is much stronger than what the dictionary claims it to be. Besides..you forgot to mention the 2nd part from the dictionary when looking up the word "idiot":
2. Psychology. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.
Hmm...looks like an uppercut  |
Just because a word has multiple meanings doesn't mean that a person using it means every single one of those. I picked the meaning relevant to make my point with.
Also, people 'know' a lot of things which are very, very much wrong. Just because something is common knowledge certainly doesn't make it true.