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idiotorial

noun
/ˌɪdiəˈtɔːɹɪəl/UK/ˌɪdiəˈtɔɹiəl/CA

Etymology

Blend of idiot + editorial.

  1. derived from ēditor
  2. derived from ēditor
  3. formed as editorial — “editor + -ial”
  4. compounded as idiotorial — “idiot + editorial”

Definitions

  1. An editorial expressing an idiotic opinion.

    • Doubtless you, gentle reader, are giving yourself over to the frivolity of glancing this way in the same spirit of novelty that impelled us to write an idiotorial that really said something.
    • The head over the idiotorial was: "WINCHELL THE COCKROACH!"

  2. Pertaining to the writing of idiotorials.

    • In explanation of how we prepare these unoffending and peaceable dissertations that have met with such universal acknowledgement, we vouchsafe the following instruction to the young idiotorial space-filler.
    • On the theory that intelligent life exists north of the Border, we (the well-known idiotorial "we") welcome, this issue, two new Canadian artists, Claudia Dubie and Ralph Alfonso.
    • Then we have the Idiotorial Necromancer and Presto High-Diver, who writes learnedly of that which he does not comprehend and which he is incompetent to analyze.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for idiotorial. 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