cretin

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:cretin: /kretin/ or /kreetn/ /n./ Congenital loser; an obnoxious person; someone who cant do anything right. It has been observed that many American hackers tend to favor the British pronunciation /kretin/ over standard American /kreetn/; it is thought this may be due to the insidious phonetic influence of Monty Pythons Flying Circus.
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