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induhvidual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-duhvid-u-al
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

induhviduals (plural)

Questions

What does induhvidual mean?
A foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.
Where does induhvidual come from?
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.

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