My mom aways say s they are such cretans what are they?
2006-10-23 10:49:35 · 11 answers · asked by Sweetie_pie_ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That is the scientific name for Neocon-fundamentalist bush supporters. Considered a great compliment by George, a step up as it were.
Originally it meant someone from the island of Crete.
2006-10-23 10:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Cretan is someone from Crete an island in the Mediterranean Sea but in Spanish and French and by the context of the sentence it would be cretino and cretin ( sorry don´t know the word in English ) it means Stupid
2006-10-23 17:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Carlos 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's acctually just a native or inhabitant of Crete, which is an island of southeast Greece in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its Minoan civilization, centered at the city of Knossos on the northern coast, was one of the earliest in the world and reached the height of its wealth and power c. 1600 B.C. Crete subsequently fell to the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks. The islanders proclaimed their union with modern Greece in 1908. Yeah, thats was kind of random... but you asked lol
2006-10-23 17:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by getshorty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
obnoxious idiots.
It can also mean someone who comes from an island south of Greece called Crete. The word was created in ancient times i think.
2006-10-23 18:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where I grew up, cretan meant people who acted rudely.
2006-10-23 17:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by Tracy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are people who come from the island of Crete. Is your mother grecophobic or something?
2006-10-23 17:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cretin - a person of severely limited mental ability.
2006-10-23 20:15:25 · answer #7 · answered by Taffy Saltwater 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was going to say an idiot; but, I like Bush supporters better.
2006-10-23 19:09:40 · answer #8 · answered by madchriscross 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cretins. It means idiots.
2006-10-23 17:52:14 · answer #9 · answered by interpreters_are_hot 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's a Greek word... Your mom stole it from us.... ( kretinos in Greek ) it means retarded.
2006-10-23 19:45:41 · answer #10 · answered by Greek Chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋