"Dipshit" is a great word. Satisfying. It sounds disparaging, but not shockingly so. You can adjust those hard consonants to temper or enhance your disdain. "He's a dipshit." "What a dipshit!" Versatile as an adjective too; "A dipshit idea."
"Schmuck" is the old standard. It sounds worse (better?) But it's tough to attenuate.
Nancy, have you commented on the confusion about "clambered"? Just recently I read about monkeys "clamoring to the top of a tree." Granted, they may have been a noisy bunch, but that's not the only time I've seen "clamored" used to refer to climbing. (I love your posts, BTW!)
"Dipshit" is a great word. Satisfying. It sounds disparaging, but not shockingly so. You can adjust those hard consonants to temper or enhance your disdain. "He's a dipshit." "What a dipshit!" Versatile as an adjective too; "A dipshit idea."
"Schmuck" is the old standard. It sounds worse (better?) But it's tough to attenuate.
One other thing; "Dipshit" is funny.
Nancy, have you commented on the confusion about "clambered"? Just recently I read about monkeys "clamoring to the top of a tree." Granted, they may have been a noisy bunch, but that's not the only time I've seen "clamored" used to refer to climbing. (I love your posts, BTW!)
I haven't seen that substitution myself, but it's a reported eggcorn: https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=16738