What is a 'Dotard'?

[USincognito]

Ermmm... that would be 'doddering old fool' I think.

I know this because I am one.
OB

Dagnabbit! You're right. My mistake.

 

[mark46]

Isn't it from 17th century English? Old senile man?

noun
noun: dotard; plural noun: dotards

1. an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.
   

 

[Tanj]

Think I'll wait for Rocket Man vs Dotard: The movie.

 

[Fantine]

My son's girlfriend from South Korea speaks excellent English and loves to play word games. She often astonishes us with the words she comes up with. "Where did you learn that word," we ask? "I learned it in my idiom dictionary," she said.

I get a feeling that Kim Jung Un's translator is also a whiz at the idiom dictionary.

And Kim Jung Un has more insight into Donald Trump's character than most of his supporters do.

 

[AirPo]

You do realize that Kim doesn't speak English and the term came from an interpretation of the Korean word he used.

How do you say dotard in Korean?

 

[Rion]

How do you say dotard in Korean?

There can be similar concepts in different languages. It probably wasn't a literal translation, but a 'transliteration' of the concept itself. For example, in Chinese there's a tendency to refer to rather foolish people as A'dou, after the Second King of Han Shu. Translations would probably just go with imbecile.

 

[Nithavela]

Never had the end of a civilisation been so funny.

 

[Nithavela]

How do you say dotard in Korean?

The phrase Kim used was a korean word that meant something along the lines of "old lunatic".

 

[hislegacy]

How do you say dotard in Korean?

It’s similar to blueberry, but you have to have one finger in your nose to the second knuckle.

Honest, give it a try.

 

[Occams Barber]

How do you say dotard in Korean?

Translation attempt (we cannot guarantee accuracy):
도살장
dotard
dosaljang
OB

 

[essentialsaltes]

When Saruman got nukes, he knew how to lay the smack down on Theoden.

Dotard! What is the house of Eorl but a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor among their dogs?

 

[tadoflamb]

You do realize that Kim doesn't speak English and the term came from an interpretation of the Korean word he used.

Mega props to the translator then.

 

[Tallguy88]

Slubberdegullion!

 

[cow451]

noun
noun: dotard; plural noun: dotards

1. an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.

Kim nailed it, then.

 

[cow451]

How do you say dotard in Korean?

"Trump"