Idiot

An idiot, dolt, dullard or (archaically) mome is a person perceived to be lacking intelligence, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Along with the similar terms moron, imbecile, and cretin, the word archaically referred to the intellectually disabled, but have all since gained specialized meanings in modern times. An idiot is said to be idiotic, and to suffer from idiocy. A dunce is an idiot who is specifically incapable of learning. An idiot differs from a fool (who is unwise) and an ignoramus (who is uneducated/an ignorant), neither of which refers to someone with low intelligence. In modern English usage, the terms "idiot" and "idiocy" describe an extreme folly or stupidity, and its symptoms (foolish or stupid utterance or deed). In psychology, it is a historical term for the state or condition now called profound intellectual disability.

Etymology

Idiot is a word derived from the Greek ἰδιώτης, idi�?tēs ("person lacking professional skill", "a private citizen", "individual"), from ἴδιος, idios ("private", "one's own"). In Latin the word idiota ("ordinary person, layman") preceded the Late Latin meaning "uneducated or ignorant person". Its modern meaning and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French idiote ("uneducated or ignorant person"). The related word idiocy dates to 1487 and may have been analogously modeled on the words prophet and prophecy. The word has cognates in many other languages.

Self-inflicted wound

A self-inflicted wound (SIW), is the act of harming oneself where there are no underlying psychological problems related to the self-injury, but where the injurer wanted to take advantage of being injured.

Reasons to self-wound

Most self-inflicted wounds occur during wartime, for various possible reasons.

Potential draftees may self-injure in order to avoid being drafted for health reasons. This was practiced as Abstinence (conscription) by some Jewish conscripts in the Russian Empire.

The most common reason enlisted soldiers self-wound is to render themselves unable to continue serving in combat, thus resulting in their removal from the combat line to a hospital. Thus, self-injury can be used to avoid a more serious combat injury or a combat death.

In prisons and forced labour camps people sometimes self-injure so that they will not be forced to work and could spend some time in the more comfortable conditions of the infirmary barracks.

Types of wounds

Among the most common type of wounds are a rifle shot to the hand, arm, leg, or foot.

3 Idiots

3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian coming of age comedy-drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Abhijat Joshi wrote the screenplay. It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. The film stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani.

Upon release, the film was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point. It also held the record for the highest net collections in the first week for a Bollywood film. It also became one of the few Indian films to become successful in East Asian markets such as China, eventually bringing its overseas total to more than US$65 million at the time—the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in overseas markets, before being overtaken by Chennai Express in 2013.

The film is distinctive for featuring real inventions by little-known people in India's backyards. The brains behind the innovations were Remya Jose, a student from Kerala, who created the exercise-bicycle/washing-machine; Mohammad Idris, a barber from Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh, who invented a bicycle-powered horse clipper; and Jahangir Painter, a painter from Maharashtra, who made the scooter-powered flour mill. This film was remade in Tamil as Nanban (2012) which also received critical praise and commercial success. It has also been announced that there will be a Chinese remake of the film produced by Stephen Chow and that there are plans for a Hollywood remake produced in the United States. A Telugu remake was planned despite Nanban having a Telugu dubbed version titled Snehitudu.

Epic

Epic or E.P.I.C. may refer to:

People

Epic Mazur (born 1970), American rapper

Art, entertainment, and media

Comics

Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics

Epic Illustrated, a 1980s anthology series published by Marvel Comics

Film

Epic (1984 film), a 1984 animated film

Epic (2013 film), a 2013 animated film

Epic Movie (2007), a comedy

Gaming

Epic (game), a series of wargames

Epic (video game), a 1992 video game

Epic: Battle for Moonhaven (2013), a video game by Gameloft based on the film Epic (2013)

Epic Games, a video game development company

Epics (company), a Japanese video game developer

Genres

Epic (genre)

Epic film, a genre

Epic film, a genre

Epic trance, a subgenre of trance music

Literature

Epic (novel), a 2004 novel by Conor Kostick

Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds, and events significant to a culture or nation

Music

Groups and labels

Epic Records, a record label subsidiary of Sony

Albums

E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial), a 2011 mixtape by the rapper B.o.B

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'Idiots' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Crazy Rides a Sawhorse (2010)

Actors: Tom Savini (actor), Matthew Gowan (actor), Alan Sciranko (actor), Carson Hackney (actor), Kenny Joslen (actor), Kenny Joslen (producer), Aaron Levinson (actor), Josh Thurm (director), Sydney Hackney (actress), Josh Thurm (editor), Ryan McBride (actor), Josh Thurm (writer), Josh Thurm (producer), Russell McCulloch (director), Russell McCulloch (writer),

Plot: Rob and Katie have been commissioned to write a book on famous grave sites in Illinois. While traveling from cemetery to cemetery, they find themselves trapped in a town of raving lunatics. With no one to turn to for help, the pair is forced to do terrible things to survive. Soon, their search for the next final resting place becomes a fight to avoid their own.