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freedumb

noun
/ˈfɹiː.dʌm/

Etymology

Blend of freedom + dumb. First use appears c. 1856 as free-dumb.

  1. derived from dom
  2. derived from dumm
  3. inherited from *dʰewbʰ-✻
  4. inherited from *dumbaz✻
  5. inherited from *dumb✻
  6. inherited from dumb — “silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”
  7. inherited from dumb — “silent, speechless, mute, ineffectual”
  8. compounded as freedumb — “freedom + dumb”

Definitions

  1. Stupidity masquerading as love of freedom

    Stupidity masquerading as love of freedom; an assertion of one's personal liberty which is perceived to be unreasonable or motivated by stupidity.

    • Liberty is great. Even a man that can’t talk, loves his freedumb.
    • Otherwise they retain their freedom or independence at the expense of being unable to express their ideas in an ordered manner. "Freedumb" versus Freedom!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for freedumb. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA