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Idiotville

name

Etymology

From idiot + -ville. Approximately 0.5 miles up Idiot Creek was a site known as Ryan's Camp, a logging operation in the Tillamook Burn. It is said that only ‘an idiot’ would labor there due to its far-flung location, hence the name. The toponym was eventually applied to the stream.

  1. derived from ἰδιώτης
  2. derived from idiota
  3. derived from idiote
  4. inherited from idiote
  5. suffixed as idiotville — “idiot + ville”

Definitions

  1. A ghost town in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.

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