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[
"stupidity",
"stupidity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A stupid mistake, stupidity."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "[2013 June 4, Noah Smith, “What is \"derp\"? The answer is technical.”, in Noahpinion (blog), Blogger, archived from the original on 2013-06-09",
"text": "English has no word for \"the constant, repetitive reiteration of strong priors\". Yet it is a well-known phenomenon in the world of punditry, debate, and public affairs. On Twitter, we call it \"derp\".]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The constant repeating of an opinion after facts have proved it incorrect, especially as a rhetorical tactic."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) The constant repeating of an opinion after facts have proved it incorrect, especially as a rhetorical tactic."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɝp/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dɚp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)p"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə(ɹ)p"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-derp.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-au-derp.ogg/En-au-derp.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-au-derp.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"BASEketball",
"South Park",
"Succubus_(South_Park)"
],
"word": "derp"
}
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