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Idiot vs Stookie - What's the difference?

idiot | stookie |

As nouns the difference between idiot and stookie

is that idiot is a person of low general intelligence while stookie is plaster of Paris.

idiot

English

Alternative forms

* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
    • 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.
  • (obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * genius

    Related terms

    * idiocy * idiom * idiosyncratic * idiotic * idiotically * idiot savant * useful idiot

    stookie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) plaster of Paris
  • (Scotland) A plaster cast.
  • *2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 70:
  • *:So it was a stookie on my arm. The bone would get better. If it knitted.
  • (Scotland, dialect) idiot
  • (Scotland) small plaster statue

    • Derived terms

    * stand like a stookie

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