"IDiot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: IDiots [plural]
Etymology: Blend of ID (“intelligent design”) + idiot Etymology templates: {{blend|en|ID|idiot|gloss1=intelligent design}} Blend of ID (“intelligent design”) + idiot Head templates: {{en-noun}} IDiot (plural IDiots)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A proponent of intelligent design. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Creationism, People, Religion Related terms: cdesign proponentsist, creo, creotard [derogatory]

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          "ref": "2004 March 12, David Ford, “Re: How is this for an ID lesson plan?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <b1c67abe.0403121312.35d2e0c@posting.google.com>",
          "text": "In his moronic book, _The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design_ (2004), 334pp., the IDiot William Dembski writes on page 305 about how a fellow IDiot was fired from a research position at a \"prestigious molecular biology laboratory\" the very same day a press story appeared exposing this character as being an IDiot.",
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