When doctors don’t know the cause of your ailment they may refer to it as idiopathic. It’s sort of a polite way of saying, “It’s just you.”
When I see the word idiopathic I think there should be another word, idiopathy. If sympathy may be summed up as, “I feel your pain,” then idiopathy may be summed up as, “I feel your stupidity.” [Alternatively, "I feel you're stupid."]
I’ve been fairly swimming in idiopathy this week — it was semester exam week. And I’ve decided that idiopathy sometimes just isn’t enough to express how I feel when, for example, a student shows up for an exam without a pencil. We have moved into idiopathetic territory at that point.
As a teacher I am a soldier in the war against ignorance. Unfortunately, while education is effective against ignorance, some other cure [if one exists] must be found for stupidity.
Soon please….
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LOL… that sounds just like my little girl who never appears to have a “pencil” ready to do her homework. “I left it at school and we can’t use a pen”. I just get so irate!
I feel your pain. I keep saying I’m going to have a shirt screen printed with the following…”If you were smarter, I’d be nicer”..sadly, they still wouldn’t get it.
Nice to “see” you Tim!
a cure for stupidity? hmmm I think they’ll sooner find a cure for the common cold
Hehe. A great word — I’ll have to use it. I bet you’re pretty good at playing Balderdash.
Idiopathy. I love it!
I’ve always had a strange affection for the innocently stupid. I don’t mind them cause they are just kinda cute and you want to hug them a little bit sometimes.
It’s the ignorant idiots who think they know everything and really know nothing outside of their closeminded worlds that I have a hard time stomaching.
I like your word theories.
–snow