Message Forum: Re: "idiot" vs. "moron"

Re: "idiot" vs. "moron"

Posted By: Silon, on host 66.142.180.65
Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 15:18:56
In Reply To: Re: "geek" vs "nerd" posted by Stephen on Monday, January 6, 2003, at 18:48:44:

> P.S. Since "geek" is such a vague word, I find trying to differentiate between it and a word like "nerd" to be an exercise in futility. Certainly creating any hierarchy of which word is more severe is impossible. You generally can't do that with any terms in English, anyway. Which is worse: being called a moron or an idiot? Insults and slang in particular tend to be vague.

Actually, like the other things you mentioned in this post, "moron" and "idiot" used to be technical terms -- a moron had an IQ of 70-80, and an idiot had one under 25, or something like that.

S"tup"i"d people are now general"l"y referred to as idiots or mor"on"s

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Message:	> > P.S. Since "geek" is such a vague word, I find trying to differentiate between it and a word like "nerd" to be an exercise in futility. Certainly creating any hierarchy of which word is more severe is impossible. You generally can't do that with any terms in English, anyway. Which is worse: being called a moron or an idiot? Insults and slang in particular tend to be vague. > > Actually, like the other things you mentioned in this post, "moron" and "idiot" used to be technical terms -- a moron had an IQ of 70-80, and an idiot had one under 25, or something like that. > > S"tup"i"d people are now general"l"y referred to as idiots or mor"on"s
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