Meaning & use
nimrod
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An informal, mildly insulting term for a foolish or inept person.
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Only a nimrod would forget the tickets on the day of the concert.
He felt like a total nimrod after locking his keys in the car again.
A note on using this word
Ironically, the word originally referred to a mighty biblical hunter; its modern insulting sense arose later in American slang.
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