Meaning of midwit | Babel Free

Definitions

A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are smarter than they are.

Internet, derogatory, mildly, neologism

Examples

“At no point⟳ in this process⟳ does the midwit have⟳ to review⟳ information for himself or consider⟳ ideas in abstract. […] How then should we not be midwits? Painting with broad strokes: avoid⟳ media. Cultivate taste⟳. Grow⟳ and train⟳ your sense⟳ of aesthetics. Recognize beauty. Practice virtue. Pray.”

“A true paragon nation captures the midwit, get-the-news-from-Trevor-Noah demographic.”

“Congress is packed with midwits. There are no intellectuals in Congress. None could flourish in such a mediocre environment.”

“Online, people make⟳ fun of midwits with a specific meme format: an IQ bell curve, with a character placed at each extreme and one above the bulge in the middle. […] One example of the midwit trap⟳ is investing. Above, the midwit – perhaps a Reddit-browsing amateur trader, or the solid kind of chap who works in wealth management – will go on about hot stocks and market conditions.”

“It is still a midwit dinner party applause line that such and such a percentage of Americans don't have⟳ passports.”

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