RE: the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher
August 19, 2015 at 5:41 pm
(August 19, 2015 at 1:05 pm)abaris Wrote:(August 19, 2015 at 1:01 pm)Exian Wrote: And what's wrong with being dork-sided?
Btw, what exactly is a dork? What's the difference between the dork and the ordinary idiot? I never could find any conclusive definition on the finer points of how to use that word.
A dork can be socially inept rather than stupid; or a dork can be someone who is stupid:
Quote:dork
1informal A dull, slow-witted, or socially inept person.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/dork
An idiot is stupid:
Quote:idiot
informal
1A stupid person.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/idiot
So, either term can be used for someone who is stupid, but "dork" can also be used for someone who is merely socially inept.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
