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Meanings of moron (morons) in English

Portuguese
idiota
Catalan
tanoca

A person of subnormal intelligence.

idiota
Russian
лёгкая умственная отсталость

Term once used in psychiatry to denote mild intellectual disability.

Related terms
лёгкая умственная отсталость

A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.

Usage of morons in English
1
The answer to your question is simple: it's because they are morons.
The Guardian
2
I think we should never underestimate the power of morons, Dowd said.
Reuters
3
Some of those morons who want to be elected to local councils.
Tarnished Knight
4
From these morons? I put the question to Roxburgh himself, who laughs.
The Guardian
5
And the testosterone-filled morons on the football field weren't helping reception either.
Touching darkness
6
Being stationed in Qhoyre, we laughed like morons: it helped us deal.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
7
Who are these morons they're finding, that's what I want to know.
Love All The People
8
Those English-ethnic morons abused the whole Great Dispersal ethos with that folly.'
The Naked God
9
Are all the morons like this there?' The stalker looked at Artyom.
Metro 2033
10
You and your friend, you're nothing but a pair of sadistic morons.
Death Mask
11
You think you wander a world filled with self-righteous morons, don't you?
Disciple of the dog
12
Good people seem rightly sick of morons talking in the bloody film.
The Irish Times
13
Now I know what Basil means when he calls people morons, he thought.
Dogsbody
14
These morons had to find some way to let off their excess energy.
The Cylons’ Secret
15
Good god morons of the world - did you not learn last time?!
News.com.au
16
So, the question of the day is why is everyone performing like morons?
To Honor You Call Us