Over the next few months Davy Rothbart will be touring around America to promote his new book, My Heart Is an idiot.
His book, idiot America: How Stupidity Became A Virtue In The Land Of The Free, will be published in June by Broadway Books.
(“Ooh, she looks so cute,” whispered one upon sighting Zooey Deschanel, who also stars in My idiot Brother).
idiot Americaby Charles P. Pierce Saddle-wearing dinosaurs sparked this extended rant on the current state of affairs.
In honor of ‘Our idiot Brother,’ opening Friday, watch 11 dumbest movie brothers, from Fredo to Bart Simpson.
"I am surprised that Mary should have thought I wanted more coffee," continued the idiot, in an aggrieved tone.
idiot to go and look at that archway, to go and see the girl!
I guess he was a cousin of yours, all right,” laughed the Doctor; “that scheme bears the idiot brand.
One pool, a backset, was known as the idiot's Delight, because any one could catch fish there.
"As the man said when an avalanche of snow fell off his neighbor's roof and missed him by an inch," said the idiot.
early 14c., "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning;" also in Middle English "simple man, uneducated person, layman" (late 14c.), from Old French idiote "uneducated or ignorant person" (12c.), from Latin idiota "ordinary person, layman; outsider," in Late Latin "uneducated or ignorant person," from Greek idiotes "layman, person lacking professional skill" (opposed to writer, soldier, skilled workman), literally "private person (as opposed to one taking part in public affairs)," used patronizingly for "ignorant person," from idios "one's own" (see idiom).
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. [Mark Twain, c.1882]Idiot box "television set" is from 1959; idiot light "dashboard warning signal" is attested from 1968. Idiot savant attested by 1870.
idiot id·i·ot (ĭd'ē-ət)
n.
A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
