different between cretin vs galah
cretin
English
Etymology
From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Vulgar Latin christi?nus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??t?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?i?t?n/, /?k??t?n/
- Homophone: Cretan (one pronunciation)
Noun
cretin (plural cretins)
- (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]
- (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idiot
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Cretinism on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- centri-, cinter, citren, crinet
Romanian
Etymology
From French crétin
Noun
cretin m (plural cretini)
- idiot
Declension
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galah
English
Etymology
From Gamilaraay gilaa.
- (fool): From the bird. A connection with Malay gila (“mad”) has been suggested, but this explanation has not gained acceptance.
Pronunciation
Noun
galah (plural galahs)
- A pink and grey species of cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla, native to Australia.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 434:
- There were red-tailed cockatoos, casuarina cockatoos, a little corella and a galah.
- 2005, David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, Practical Conservation Biology, page 175,
- The Galah has benefited from changes in the environment brought about by human activities (Rowley, 1990; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Forshaw, 2002). The Galah?s diet is predominantly seeds, especially those from cereal crops and agricultural weeds.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 434:
- (Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.
- That galah nearly drove me off the road.
- 1991, Patricia Shaw, River of the Sun, unnumbered page,
- ‘Don?t just stand there, you great galah, lend a hand here!’ Billy Kemp shoved Edmund towards the longboat. ‘Get it free. The lads are bringing up the casks.’
- 1999, Bryce Courtenay, Solomon's Song, unnumbered page,
- ‘But, Sergeant, I reckon a man would look a proper galah falling about with an empty rifle, going click, click, click, “bang you?re dead” when he wasn?t doing rifle drill on parade, like when it?s not official, know what I mean?’ one of the infantrymen volunteers.
- 2006, John Chalmers, The Professional Guest, page 13,
- ‘ […] Then you will strut around like a great galah tryin? to impress the sheilas about what a fuckin? big iron ore miner you are.’
Synonyms
- (fool): drongo
Derived terms
- galah session
Translations
See also
- cockatiel
- cockatoo
- corella
References
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?alah/
- Rhymes: -alah, -lah, -ah
Noun
galah (Jawi spelling ?????, plural galah-galah, informal 1st possessive galahku, impolite 2nd possessive galahmu, 3rd possessive galahnya)
- pole, stake
Further reading
- “galah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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