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troglodyte

[trog-luh-dahyt] / ˈtrɒg ləˌdaɪt /
ADJECTIVE
reclining
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NOUN
cave dweller
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Students and administrators alike hate him, and the feeling is mutual; terms Hunham describes his overprivileged charges with range from “genuine troglodytes” to “snarling Visigoths.”

From Los Angeles Times

It doesn’t mean all men are violent troglodytes, or that women don’t use guns, too.

From Seattle Times

I believe I once heard him utter the word troglodyte.

From Washington Times

In lieu of embodying these questions, Stallone’s character, an apathetic, self-proclaimed troglodyte, glumly flattens a toaster with his bare hands.

From New York Times

It is peekaboo, a game humans have played with our children, possibly from the age of troglodytes, because troglodytes loved their children, too.

From Washington Post