Meanderthal vs Neanderthal - What's the difference?
meanderthal | neanderthal |
(slang, derogatory) An aimless, slow-moving person.
* 2000 , Dan Levine, Paris: Insiders' Guide for Urban Adventurers , Empire Press (2000), ISBN 9781891603068, page 39:
Primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis ).
(pejorative) A primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.
(usually Neanderthal'') A specimen of the now extinct species ''Homo neanderthalensis .
As nouns the difference between meanderthal and neanderthal
is that meanderthal is an aimless, slow-moving person while neanderthal is a primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.As an adjective neanderthal is
primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis).meanderthal
English
Noun
(en noun)- It takes 60 to 90 minutes to walk from the Eiffel Tower to the Marais, depending on how many slow-moving "Meanderthals " are in your way.
