Word: moronization
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...taught in ... schools. . . . Some [teachers] have tested out techniques worthy of mention. ... Johnny didn't smell like a rose. Even a bad head cold wouldn't have availed you. He really didn't smell bad on purpose. He was a dull normal, his mother probably a moron. When verbal warnings failed to beget the desired attar of roses, teacher moved him four seats from the nearest pupil and by gesture and innuendo, if not by edict, conveyed to the class the idea that Johnny was ostracized. This technique worked beautifully. Johnny too got the idea. They were...
...also a columnist (New York Daily Mirror) and cartoonist (Desperate Desmond), and Donald are grade-A dialect storytellers. This talent usually arouses protests from the nationality they have outraged. But Scotsmen never protest. During 1943 the favorite type of joke sent in by contestants has been that known as "moron." Sample: "Have you any children?" "Un happily, no." "That's too bad. I wanted to ask you how they were...
...this whole great big thing started because I called the King of Italy a moron...
Offensive to their infantry-trained commanding officer, Colonel Eugene R. Householder, were Roll Out The Barrel, When The War Is Over, Around Her Neck (she wore a yellow ribbon), Oh, My Feet Hurt, I've Been Working On the Railroad, The Moron Song, How Dry I Am and Hinky-dinky, Parlez-Vous...
...time thus gained makes possible the arrival of Jane Russell. Her role: Doc's girl friend, a half-breed moron called Rio. When Billy is shot by Sheriff Garrett as he resists arrest for a killing, Doc comes to the rescue, takes Billy to Rio's home. Rio nurses the Kid back to health...