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mo·ron (môrn)
n.
A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
mo·ronic (m-rnk, mô-) adj.
moronism, mo·roni·ty (m-rn-t, mô-) n.
moron [mo´ron]
obsolete term for a person with the highest grade of mental retardation, equivalent to the modern classification “mild mental retardation.”
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Every dry Sunday these moron racers can be found trying to break the quarter mile going up and down Huddersfield Road, Shelley (Redhill).
Time to end Shelley's motorised madness; Mailbag by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
He wrote: "My message to the morons who pushed, shoved, poked and hit me from behind before a meeting recently, is that your thug-like behaviour makes the council administration more determined to deliver what needs to be delivered.
McEvoy refuses to apologise for 'morons' claim; Deputy leader is ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Would you want someone to call your friend a moron or your son a moron in this situation?
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