nimrod

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I've stopped following the news too - completely stopped watching broadcast news, which I find is ... nimrod:

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  • I was thinking of a god wannabee who made all the little people slaves to his evil thinking. nimrod (Anonymous) says … —  Craig Daily Press stories
  • John Zeigler absolutely owned the nimrod David Schuster during this interview. —  Flopping Aces
  • To compete, it looks like you need to be a bit of a nimrod - —  Hecklerspray
  • Bigwig FM jock is lured to a satellite station, and his nimrod of an intern fills in, making hay with the audience by being such a boob. —  Vh1 Blog
  • That's when you'll again connect with professional nimrod —  Vh1 Blog
 

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  1. After Nimrod. Sense 2, probably from the phrase "poor little Nimrod,” used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny to mock the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd.
 

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