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  • s  having a mental age of three to seven years

  • It allows me to make moderately serious money without wasting a nickel's worth of time sucking up to some imbecilic executive.
  • Civilized women, because the width of their hips makes their walk an inevitable, though sometimes a graceful, waddle, have not contributed much to this imbecilic form of .
  • Half the 15-25 comedies are imbecilic.
News & Articles

  • An unblinking portrait of slavery in Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave'
    TORONTO — In Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," Solomon Northop, a free man from upstate New York who's kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is hung for daring to strike an abusive and imbecilic plantation hand (Paul Dano). He's cut down, but only just barely enough to reach the ground.
    Sept. 10, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
  • An unblinking portrait of slavery in '12 Years' - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
    TORONTO (AP) - In Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," Solomon Northop, a free man from upstate New York who's kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is hung for daring to strike an abusive and imbecilic plantation hand (Paul Dano). He's cut down, but only just barely enough to reach the ground.
    Sept. 10, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig
Quotes

  • Arthur Mutambara in ReliefWeb (press release)
    In an article titled A Shameful Betrayal of Independence, Mutambara wrote: "Our country is characterised by extreme illegitimacy, where we have an imbecilic and cynical military junta running the affairs of the country."
  • John Sattler in Fox Sports
    They should scrub Mad Monday because it's the biggest imbecilic thing of all time,Sattler said. "We used to go and have a drink on a Monday after the game and the coach used to drop in and say hello and see how they're going and then go."
  • Robert Fulford in Toronto Star
    Journalist Robert Fulford added to his career total with a record 13th gold for a column, "Those Imbecilic, Stultifying Games," which appeared in Queen's Quarterly.

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