babbling idiot



babbling idiot

A person who talks excessively without making sense or saying anything of importance, sarcastically and derogatorily likened to someone with a mental deficiency. Maurice just rattled on and on like a babbling idiot last night about his schemes to get rich. I must have sounded like a babbling idiot from the way I talked about the new house.
See also: idiot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Laird[lɛəd]
Ladonnalə-DAHN-əAfrican American
DorcasDAWR-kəs (English)Biblical
&Aelig;Thelred-Anglo-Saxon
GraciaGRAH-thyah (Spanish), GRAH-syah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
CarenKER-ənEnglish