The three Forbidden Words.
Hi, George Carlin
. RIP!Like Popeye will say- “I yam what I yam, I yam the Popeye Man”!
Among many, the three words that are subject to revision here are- “Idiot, Imbecile and Moron” .
Now, let us see what they mean.
-----Main Entry: id·i·ot 
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ydiote, from Latin idiota ignorant person, from Greek idiōtēs one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from idios one's own, private; akin to Latin suus one's own — more at suicide
One dictionary defines it as
Idiot=-Հիմար,
Idiotic=Ապուշային, ապուշի
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---Main Entry: im·be·cile 
Etymology: French imbécile, noun, from adjective, weak, weak-minded, from Latin imbecillus
Date: 1802
1 usually offensive : a person affected with moderate
Imbecile=Տկարամիտ, թուլամիտ, խելապակաս, ապուշ, հիմար, տխմար,անխելք
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Main Entry: mo·ron 
Etymology: irregular from Greek mōros foolish, stupid
Date: 1910
1 usually offensive : a person affected with mild mental retardation
2 : a very stupid person
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One dictionary is silent, another has-
Moron=Բթամիտ, տկարամիտ.
This brings to mind Տ-խեղծ that one dictionary defines as “deformed, ugly, malformed”. Does not that sound like it is based on the negative prefix Տ/T, Տ- խելք (L=GH/Ղ) without brain? Also not to forget “տ-խմար”
Before we get to the etymology/armatakan of each, let us rememeber that the “Տ/T” prefix is a negative expression as in “գեղ/gegh= beauty and տ-գեղ/t-gegh” means “without(beauty/ugly)”.
Ps. Ah!
I forgot “cretin”.::Etymology: French crétin, from French dial. cretin, literally, wretch, innocent victim, from Latin christianus Christian
Date: 1779
1 often offensive : one afflicted with cretinism
2 : a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person
** Does it sound like “Chrétien/Christian/Քրիստոնեայ”?
Edited by Arpa, 26 May 2010 - 10:02 AM.
