induhvidual
induhvidual noun: a foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.
Noun
induhvidual (plural induhviduals)
- A foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.
- These are the same induhviduals who can't be bothered to pull their behemoths into the block-long bus zones fiercely defended by $250 fines.1999 November 30, Kim L. Serkes, “Draconian Plan”, in The San Francisco Chronicle
Forms of induhvidual
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Origin of induhvidual
Blend of individual + duh. In 1995, Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams asked readers of the Dilbert Newsletter to come up with a "good derogatory nickname for non-DNRC [Dogbert's New Ruling Class, the official Dilbert fanclub] people" that "should sound harmless and endearing but have a clever double meaning", ultimately selecting "induhvidual" (submitted by "Heather of Beantown") as the winning entry. Issues of the newsletter since then have included a section called "True Tales of Induhviduals" featuring reader-contributed stories about people doing foolish things.
Questions about induhvidual
- What does induhvidual mean?
- Induhvidual means a foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.
- What part of speech is induhvidual?
- Induhvidual is a noun.
- What is the plural of induhvidual?
- The plural of induhvidual is induhviduals.
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