Word for the day derp

[Josiah]

“Derp” is a term borrowed from the cartoon “South Park” that has achieved wide currency because it’s useful shorthand for an all-too-obvious feature of the modern intellectual landscape: people who keep saying the same thing no matter how much evidence accumulates that it’s completely wrong.

I suggest you read this Krugman column to see any number of contemporary examples of this phenomenon

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/o...-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

 

[Warrigal]

Excellent choice Josiah.

A similar phenomenon is the zombie email that keeps resurrecting even though it has been slain over and over by facts.

 

[Butterfly]

I've seen "derp" or "derpy" used to mean dopey or goofy.

 

[tnthomas]

Thanks for the article clarifying this term.

derpitude....I love that term, will use it when needed.

 

[oakapple]

Never come across this word before ( and don't watch South Park) I shall try it out on the younger generation.