Talk:moron

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Should this article be changed to a redirect to learning disability? --Lorenzarius 15:02 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)


 * Or maybe to IQ, although I'm rather uncertain that a redirect to IQ actually would be better. (Moron, imbecile and idiot were specific IQ ranges. "In previous years, scores below 90 were divided into ranges labelled moron, imbecile and idiot, while scores above 150 were labelled genius.") (Not that I believe in IQ, anyway.) &#1603;&#1587;&#1610;&#1662; Cyp 15:11 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)

A type of olive
Webster 1913 has this sense (from Spanish, with plural morones &mdash; but possibly capitalised) which I am having trouble finding in Google Books: "An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city of Moron, in Spain". Equinox ◑ 04:14, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

RFC discussion: March–June 2014
"A person who makes uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, or irrelevant (see lame) attempts to impress others and draw attention to themselves, especially in a flawed attempt to act like someone else." I'm not sure that this is the same as the 'unintelligent' sense but it definitely shouldn't be worded like this. "Especially in a flawed attempt to act like someone else." is especially funny. Renard Migrant (talk) 17:17, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Isn’t it just a generic insult? This definition reeks of Urban Dictionary. — Ungoliant (falai) 17:21, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'd be inclined to delete sense 3 as just an example of sense 2. Is there any advantage in retaining it?  Is it widely used with this exact meaning (other than in sense 2)?    D b f  i  r  s   08:07, 20 June 2014 (UTC)