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dumb down verb A popular term for simplifying language to a less sophisticated–ergo, 'dumb'–audience How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Not to be sidetracked in considering how this could be used just as effectively to measure how much wind is created by a Chris Berman or Dick Vitale on a live ESPN game, the key to selling this to NASCAR viewers without dragging them under the sofa for relief is how the analysts accurately dumb down what's going on with all those psychedelic lines. Instead of letting the states establish their own tests, it should create a common testing system--so that states would no longer be able to dumb down their tests. His calls for scientists to develop greater savvy in public relations have caused some grumbling among evolutionists worried that following such advice will require them to glitz up and dumb down their findings. |
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