dicktard move
- noun
- Slur
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[Término ofensivo para una acción extremadamente estúpida]
- Investing all your savings in a scam was arguably the biggest dicktard move of his career.
Examples
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She regretted her dicktard move the moment she hit 'send' on that angry email.
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Calling your boss by the wrong name in a meeting was a total dicktard move.
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That was a real dicktard move to insult the boss.
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I can't believe he made such a dicktard move!
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Calling your boss by the wrong name in a meeting was a total dicktard move.
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She regretted her dicktard move the moment she hit 'send' on that angry email.
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Investing all your savings in a scam was arguably the biggest dicktard move of his career.
Synonyms
A very foolish and dangerous action that causes big problems
A very foolish action that you regret later
A selfish or rude action that annoys other people
An action that is cowardly or unfair and causes trouble
Rude behavior or words that make other people feel bad
A rude, unfair action done without warning that hurts someone
A foolish or silly action
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
dicktard + move
The noun 'move' clearly means 'an action', and the compound pattern 'insult + move' normally yields 'an action characteristic of the insult' so a learner who knows the insult would readily infer 'a foolish or ill-judged action'. However, 'dicktard' is slang, vulgar and not a standard dictionary item (its exact sense and connotations are unpredictable), so understanding depends on prior knowledge of that offensive slang and is not fully transparent to a typical B1 learner.
Etymology
The slang dicktard move comes from joining two rude words, dick, meaning a rude person, and tard, a short, offensive insult for someone acting very stupid, which creates a strong image of a very foolish action. So the phrase is used for 'an extremely foolish act' or 'a decision that shows very poor judgment'.