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Moron (bacteriophage), an extra gene in prophage genomes that do not have a phage function in the lysogenic cycle; Moron, a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae; Moron (Book of Mormon), a name and a location in the Book of Mormon; Moron (food), a type of rice cake native in the Eastern Visayas, Philippines "Moron" (Sum 41 song)
Roughly "moron" or "retard". It is a compound of the word 병; 病; byeong, meaning "of disease" or "diseased", and the word 신; 身; sin, a word meaning "body" originating from the Chinese character. This word originally refers to disabled individuals, but in modern Korean is commonly used as an insult with meanings varying contextually from ...
Touron is a derogatory term combining the words "tourist" with "moron" to describe any person who, while on vacation, commits an act of pure stupidity. [1] The term is considered park ranger slang that describes how some tourists act in national parks. [2] The phrase indicates an act of ignorance and is known to be used in different subcultures.
A moron, in the context of bacteriophage genetics, is an extra gene in a prophage genome without a function in the phage's lysogenic cycle. [1] These genes may code for products beneficial to the phage's bacterial host, as with the example of gp15 of phage HK97 serving as a superinfection exclusion protein. The term moron comes from the notion ...
It carries the same meaning as "moron" or "jerk" in American English, or "wanker" in British English. These words are derived from labă, literally "paw", but referring to masturbation in slang. The expression "a face laba" means "to jerk off". Although they are literally connected to masturbation, in the spoken language they have the same ...
The word "idiot" ultimately comes from the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs 'a private person, individual' (as opposed to the state), 'a private citizen' (as opposed to someone with a political office), 'a common man', 'a person lacking professional skill, layman', later 'unskilled', 'ignorant', derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios 'personal' (not public, not shared).
Moron is a term once used in psychology and psychiatry to denote mild intellectual disability. [1] The term was closely tied with the American eugenics movement . [ 2 ] Once the term became popularized, it fell out of use by the psychological community, as it was used more commonly as an insult than as a psychological term.
According to the text of the Book of Mormon, the word Mormon stems from the Land of Mormon, [1] [better source needed] where the prophet Alma preached the gospel and baptized converts. Mormon—who was named after the land—was a 4th-century prophet–historian who compiled and abridged many records of his ancestors into the Book of Mormon. [ 2 ]