underclocked

underclocked
1. Adjective describing a person of inferior intelligence: dullard.
2. A state of diminished mental capacity: caffeine-deprived.
Analogy drawn from the practice of altering the operating speed of microprocessor chips.
Entymology: from the ancient Geek _clkd.
[Etymology, perhaps? Entomology is the branch of zoology involving the study of insects.]

Is it just me or is Tom Daschle underclocked a few megahertz?


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