Freedumb

//ˈfɹiː.dʌm// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Stupidity masquerading as love of freedom; an assertion of one's personal liberty which is perceived to be unreasonable or motivated by stupidity. US, derogatory, slang, uncountable

    "He lookt rather strocked, an he says: “Aint a man goin to hav no freedumb of speech?” I told him, “Of course, you’ll hav all the freedumb of speech you want—but you came up here from Connettycut an got a clerkship becaus you couldn’t get inter office at home, an you didn’t want ter bone down ter hard work.[…]”"

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"He lookt rather strocked, an he says: “Aint a man goin to hav no freedumb of speech?” I told him, “Of course, you’ll hav all the freedumb of speech you want—but you came up here from Connettycut an got a clerkship becaus you couldn’t get inter office at home, an you didn’t want ter bone down ter hard work.[…]”"

Etymology

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

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