idiot
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It might just sound like a new way to call someone an idiot, but the NPC label has much deeper, scarier implications.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
No one—no reporter, operative, commentator, analyst, or person on the street—wants to look like an idiot by overhyping it again.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
"This isn't me and worse, this cheap imitation is a soulless idiot."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Who among us would not exchange his mental state for that of a whistling idiot?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
I pointed at my shoes like an idiot.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
"I can't believe he's working in schools but to be honest he probably just wanted to get away from us idiots," he laughs.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
"We've both been conned, useful idiots, which is not a very nice way to put it, but we've been used," says Elma.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Oh my God, I wish we put that much thought into it but no, we’re idiots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
In a post on TikTok, Ella called fraternity members who made that bet idiots and said they deserved to lose money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“No. But it was one of those blamed idiots who follows him around. Pooky most likely put him up to it.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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