idiocy
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Sometimes you have to break away from heavy, sodden reality and go straight into joyful idiocy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
But there is a difference between holding someone accountable for idiocy and dismissing them as a complete idiot — a distinction that has become increasingly difficult in today’s zero-sum culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
I call on George Santos to engineer a crypto fleece or a phishing operation or really any scheme worthy of his singular, astonishing idiocy.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov said that plan displayed "moral idiocy".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2023
Patrick gave us a little something extra for our troubles but refused to join in when Richie and I grumbled about the girl's prizewinning idiocy.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the major idiocies of the year.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2019
Syndergaard is a fine pitcher and susceptible to the idiocies of the age.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2019
Or should he sit back in his chair and smile calmly at the idiocies of mankind?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2015
The essay that attracted my attention connects data points including the media tour of Bryan Goldberg, upon whom entertaining opprobrium has been heaped for his idiocies in launching Bustle.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2013
A small victory or two would help her to tolerate their idiocies and would stop her from going crazy.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
