Moron was originally a scientific term, coined by psychologist Henry Goddard from a Greek word meaning "foolish" and used to describe a person with a genetically determined mental age between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale. It was also once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70 and was a step up from "imbecile" (IQ of 26-50) and two steps up from "idiot" (IQ of 0-25). The word moron, along with "retarded" and "feeble-minded" (among others), was once considered a valid descriptor in the psychological community, though these words have all now passed into common slang use, exclusively in a detrimental context.
What one looks like;
What one looks like;
"Your really good parents and for that reason you can't have your child"
"Unless of course your this father"
Just when I thought the Family Court could not get any more ridicules, they even surpass my expectations! And yet another case to tell the International Law community that shows how third world the New Zealand court system is. Just in time for the New Zealand Family Law Conference too.
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