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[teapeebubbles]

the worthless word for the day is: mattoid

[fr. It. matto, mad + -oid, resembling] /MAD oid/
[adj] semi-insane
[n] a semi-insane person; a borderline psychopath

"These mattoid scientists make a direct and disastrous
attack upon the latent self-respect of criminals."
- H. G. Wells, Mankind in the Making (1903)

"The hostages give him an excuse not to obey the
mattoids who enrich themselves by creating wars."
- Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sept. 1990