Alton vs Idiot - What's the difference?
alton | idiot |
A town in Hampshire, the United Kingdom.
Any of various cities and towns in the United States.
transferred from the surname.
* 1920 The Lyceum Magazine , editor Ralph Albert Parlette, Volume 30, page 15:
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
As nouns the difference between alton and idiot
is that alton is while idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.alton
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Proper noun
(wikipedia Alton) (en proper noun)- - - - because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton' Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like ' Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson.
Anagrams
* * *idiot
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Alternative forms
* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.