Cory vs Idiot - What's the difference?
cory | idiot |
transferred from the surname.
* 2005 Robert L. Fried, The Game of School , Jossey-bass, ISBN 0787973475, page 42:
(less common than the male name) transferred from the surname, also a pet form of Cora, Corinne and similar sounding names.
* 1991 Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era , Westview Press, ISBN 0813311799, page 58:
* 1998 Robyn Amos, Into the Night , ISBN 0786005599, page 61:
(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 cory and idiot
is that cory is any fish belonging to the genus , a group of south american freshwater catfish while idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.cory
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Alternative forms
* Corey * Cori, Kori, Korey, KoryProper noun
(en proper noun)- On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory , Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.
- Corazon "Cory " Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.
- I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —
References
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. English surnames from given namesidiot
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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.