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  1. n. Plural form of cretin.

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  • “The flocking instinct of the lizard-brain cretins among us ya know!”

    Think Progress » Dobbs Defends His Birther Advocacy: ‘Seems To Me Still A Perfectly Commonsense Question’

  • “Such virtually thyroidless unfortunates are called cretins (kree'tinz).”

    The Human Brain

  • “As in all mountainous regions there are a great number of those unfortunate idiots who, when fully developed, are called cretins, and in their milder form are semi-human, but do not possess intelligence enough to earn their own living.”

    Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students

  • “Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes , who announced the indictments at a news conference Wednesday, called the suspects "cretins" and described the alleged activity as "a kind of slavery.”

    The Wall Street Journal: DA Says Teens Forced Into Sex

  • “Either it was you or your people that think like you, either way you "cretins" are all the same.”

    Translation of Bush Doublespeak Speech

  • “What kind of cretins have they got working there ?”

    "It's The Procedures ..."

  • “Your opposition to the "cretins" has been thoughtless fanaticism at every turn.”

    BlueOregon

  • “If conservatives are "cretins" and "sexist" for noticing sex differences and suggesting that society accept rather than combat them in building civilization, what are these Progressives who seem willing -- for the sake of absolving individual human beings from judgment and culpability -- to reduce humanity to the level of mere animal?”

    No Left Turns

  • “With his second chance, he took up teaching chess to "cretins" on Mott Street, students who don't get that even if a black man can get to the White House, he still couldn't get a cab in Manhattan.”

    PopMatters

  • “Some of it "How could he do that?" and a lot of "What kind of cretins ARE you?!?", and they're feeling the heat.”

    Irons in the Fire

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‘cretins’ has been looked up 286 times, added to 2 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 9.