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Latest comment: 2 years ago by Svartava2 in topic RFD discussion: November 2021–January 2022
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I highly doubt it has widespread currency. PUC – 21:40, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- This was easily cited. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 17:14, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
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Adjective (not comparable): informal|pejorative}} Idiotic, foolish.
The looks suspiciously like attributive use of the noun ("Idiot, fool") to me. DCDuring (talk) 21:58, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- What? An adjective meaning “idiotic” that is not comparable? That’s the boobest thing I ever heard. --Lambiam 17:29, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not familiar with what seems to be American English, but I do know there is a British noun sense missing, an embarrassing mistake, to go with the verb - "I made a boob." DonnanZ (talk) 09:42, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
- I just added the British meaning now. I first heard the American sense of ‘boob’=‘fool’, as well as ‘xerox’=‘photocopy’ from Mr Burns singing in the Simpsons song ‘Look at all those idiots!’ (available on YT). Overlordnat1 (talk) 14:51, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- Delete. Seemingly attributive use of noun. Equinox ◑ 22:11, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
:Delete. General Vicinity (talk) 16:44, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
- RFD-sense deleted —Svārtava [t•c•u•r] 06:59, 12 January 2022 (UTC)