What is it 'moron' or 'moran',

[Orrin_73]

can somebody enlighten me about that, what is the correct spelling??? Sorry but English is not my native tongue.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Moron is correct.

[jmm]

2. This guy is why the word "moran" is used often at DU

[ghostsofgiants]

8. That guy has always looked like an incognito Patrick Norton to me...

(First on the left.)

But I'm probably just crazy.

Also: What does the sign that the girl in front of him is holding say?

[tjdee]

3. Moron is the correct word, but at DU we use it as an inside joke.

Someone will be along with the picture, but basically it's because of a conservative who got a black marker out and painstakingly spelled "Get a brain! Morans". So deliciously ironic...

[tjdee]

4. I laugh out loud every time I see that picture!

:thumbsup:

[JAbuchan08]

5. A photo circulated on the internet showing a pro-war protester

advising anti-war protesters to "get a brain Moran's" we've facetiously referred to ignorant bullying types as "Moran's" ever since.

[Orrin_73]

6. Thanks

now I know why you folks use the word moran.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. morAn is an old joke here

from the picture of a freeper counter-demonstrating with s sign that read "Get a Clue Morans!".

In this context, I prefer to capitalize the "A" to flag the deliberate mis-spelling (morAns).