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2007-02-27 13:13:56 · 22 answers · asked by the idiot down the road 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
ok so i spelled moron wrong....but that doesn't mean anything...
2007-02-27 13:18:19 · update #1
They are one in the same.
2007-02-27 13:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moron was originally a scientific term, coined by psychologist Henry H. Goddard from a Greek word meaning "foolish" and used to describe a person with a genetically determined mental age between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale. It was also once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70 and was a step up from "imbecile" (IQ of 26-50) and two steps up from "idiot" (IQ of 0-25). The word moron, along with "retarded" and "feeble-minded" (among others), was once considered a valid descriptor in the psychological community, though these words have all now passed into common slang use, exclusively in a detrimental context.
In his later years, Goddard recanted his previous theories, but they had already been published and translated into German. His writings inspired the Nazis who sent people deemed "morons" to the gas chambers
2007-03-06 09:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Idiot
1 A foolish or stupid person.
2 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.
Moron
1 A stupid person; a dolt.
2 Psychology. A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
2007-02-27 21:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An idiot might be able to spell moron while a moron couldn't spell idiot.
2007-02-27 21:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Idiots actually put some thought into what they do wrong, while a moron doesn't think.
2007-02-27 21:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by The Gal w/the Camera 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, idiots rule over all the little moron munchigans in the land of oddness!
2007-02-27 21:17:38 · answer #6 · answered by SpaceMonkey! 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An Idiot doesn't acknowledge danger and a Moron enhances it.
2007-03-07 09:19:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think morons have nothing better to do than correct someone's spelling.
2007-03-03 12:14:02 · answer #8 · answered by lilmisscantbewrong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AN IDIOT IS SOME ONE WHO IS A MENTAL CASE. A MORON IS SOME WHO CAN NOT SPELL!
2007-03-07 09:00:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idiots don't spell moron wrong. Morons do. Hope I helped :)
2007-02-27 21:16:27 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Bush = Moron
Cheney= Idiot
2007-02-27 21:18:20 · answer #11 · answered by nmp948 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋