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Literal meaning of "nut job"?
Hi everyone!
I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be prepared in case of questions. I wonder whether there's a literal meaning of "nut job". Of course it means something like "stupid person", but is there any connotation to it? Would native speakers use it only in certain contexts? Was it used in a certain context during the current campaign?
Always thankful for any help,
Andreas.
I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be prepared in case of questions. I wonder whether there's a literal meaning of "nut job". Of course it means something like "stupid person", but is there any connotation to it? Would native speakers use it only in certain contexts? Was it used in a certain context during the current campaign?
Always thankful for any help,
Andreas.
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[nq:1]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be ... literal meaning of "nut job".
- [nq:1]Hi everyone!
- I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be ...
- literal meaning of "nut job".
- [/nq] More like an irrational dogmatist.
- Intelligence is orthogonal to nutjobness.
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[nq:1]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be ... literal meaning of "nut job". Of course it means something like "stupid person", but is there any connotation to it?[/nq]
More like an irrational dogmatist. Intelligence is orthogonal to nutjobness.
[nq:1]Would native speakers use it only in certain contexts?[/nq]
I woul
More like an irrational dogmatist. Intelligence is orthogonal to nutjobness.
[nq:1]Would native speakers use it only in certain contexts?[/nq]
I woul
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I'm not a native speaker, but I've noticed the "nut job" when Maria posted "This Land". My take was that it was an euphemism for "****".
from my message of July 20:
I watched it three times in a row, so I had a chance to hear a discrepancy in prosody:
Bush: "You're a liberal sissy"
Kerry: "You're a right wing nut job"
The emphasis and pronounciation of "nut" made me think
from my message of July 20:
I watched it three times in a row, so I had a chance to hear a discrepancy in prosody:
Bush: "You're a liberal sissy"
Kerry: "You're a right wing nut job"
The emphasis and pronounciation of "nut" made me think
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[nq:1]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be ... Would native speakers use it only in certain contexts? Was it used in a certain context during the current campaign?[/nq]
Personally I equated it to "head case" (ie in need of psychiatric assistance). But then I'm not American.
Cheers - Ian
Personally I equated it to "head case" (ie in need of psychiatric assistance). But then I'm not American.
Cheers - Ian
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[nq:1]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be ... Would native speakers use it only in certain contexts? Was it used in a certain context during the current campaign?[/nq]
Haven't seen, or heard of until now, the parody in question but "nut job" is similar to "head case". A person of this description is not necessarily s
Haven't seen, or heard of until now, the parody in question but "nut job" is similar to "head case". A person of this description is not necessarily s
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[nq:1]I'm not a native speaker, but I've noticed the "nut job" when Maria posted "This Land". My take was that ... "sissy"? It's very easy It could be "crazy" Could it be "lazy"? It could be "quasi". But it isn't "****".[/nq]
To me, "nut job" is simply a relatively rare way of saying "crazy person." I did a Google search of
"left wing nut job"
and got 165 hits.
A search for
"ri
To me, "nut job" is simply a relatively rare way of saying "crazy person." I did a Google search of
"left wing nut job"
and got 165 hits.
A search for
"ri
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[nq:1]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This land" parody to my students and would like to be ... only in certain contexts? Was it used in a certain context during the current campaign? Always thankful for any help,[/nq]
In this case "nut" has the context of crazy or insane. More common is the term "nut case". So not necessarily stupid, but definitely some screws loos
In this case "nut" has the context of crazy or insane. More common is the term "nut case". So not necessarily stupid, but definitely some screws loos
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[nq:2]Presumably, those on the right consider left-wing extremists to be ... for that, but I couldn't say what it was offhand.[/nq]
[nq:1]In Britain it's "loony lefty".[/nq]
'Lefty' suffices these days, old boy. 'Loony' is taken as red.
Mickwick
[nq:1]In Britain it's "loony lefty".[/nq]
'Lefty' suffices these days, old boy. 'Loony' is taken as red.
Mickwick
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[nq:2]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This ... it used in a certain context during the current campaign?[/nq]
[nq:1]Haven't seen, or heard of until now, the parody in question but "nut job" is similar to "head case". A person of this description is not necessarily stupid, there have been some very intelligent nut jobs, eg, Ted Kaszinski, aka the Unibomber. Hope this helps.
[nq:1]Haven't seen, or heard of until now, the parody in question but "nut job" is similar to "head case". A person of this description is not necessarily stupid, there have been some very intelligent nut jobs, eg, Ted Kaszinski, aka the Unibomber. Hope this helps.
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Mickwick wellfed:
[nq:2] In Britain it's "loony lefty".[/nq]
[nq:1]'Lefty' suffices these days, old boy. 'Loony' is taken as red.[/nq]
Wot, no blue lunes?
Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au (OS/2 and eCS informatio
[nq:2] In Britain it's "loony lefty".[/nq]
[nq:1]'Lefty' suffices these days, old boy. 'Loony' is taken as red.[/nq]
Wot, no blue lunes?
Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au (OS/2 and eCS informatio
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[nq:2]Hi everyone! I'd like to show the (in)famous JibJab "This ... context during the current campaign? Always thankful for any help,[/nq]
[nq:1]In this case "nut" has the context of crazy or insane. More common is the term "nut case". So not necessarily stupid, but definitely some screws loose.[/nq]
On the contrary, the best nuts are highly intelligent,
Jan
"Idiots real
[nq:1]In this case "nut" has the context of crazy or insane. More common is the term "nut case". So not necessarily stupid, but definitely some screws loose.[/nq]
On the contrary, the best nuts are highly intelligent,
Jan
"Idiots real
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