# Hostile Dialect; A Word, Please.

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**Created:** [August 27, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375 "2008-08-27T01:53:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostile-dialect-a-word-please/461375/216 "2008-08-27T22:15:55Z")

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[QUOTE=ivan astikov]  
I’m surprised you can spell it. Define ‘idiot’.  
[/QUOTE]

Idiot (i’-dee-ut) n. 1. See _ivan astikov_.

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