See halfwit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "tard"
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"word": "thickhead"
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "thickskull"
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"word": "thicko"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "tomfool"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"word": "tonto"
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{
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"word": "toolbox"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "tosspot"
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"slang"
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"word": "turkey"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "twit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "wally"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "wantwit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"slang"
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"word": "wazzer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"slang"
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"word": "wazzock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "witless wonder"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "yo-yo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "zany"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "Vulgar:"
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"vulgar"
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"word": "ass"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"vulgar"
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"vulgar"
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},
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"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "asstard"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "asswipe"
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"vulgar"
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"word": "buttbreath"
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"vulgar"
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"word": "dildo"
},
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"word": "dipshit"
},
{
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"tags": [
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"vulgar"
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"word": "donkey dick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "Alternative spelling of dumbass."
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
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"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dumbfuck"
},
{
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "dumbfucker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dumbshit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "farthead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "fuck-knuckle"
},
{
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"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "fucktard"
},
{
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"vulgar"
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"word": "fuckwit"
},
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"vulgar"
],
"word": "jackass"
},
{
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"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "peckerhead"
},
{
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"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shitbrain"
},
{
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"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shithead"
},
{
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"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
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"word": "shitneck"
},
{
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"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shitwit"
},
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"slang",
"vulgar"
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"word": "twat"
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}
],
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}
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