Words or Phrases that Should Exist but Don’t Yet.
Slacker-Savant:
Pronunciation: ’sla-k&r sa-’vänt, s&-, -’vän; s&-’vant, ’sa-v&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Urban America 1980s post Baby Boom Era combined with French, from Middle French, from present participle of savoir to know, from Latin sapere to be wise — more at SAGE : a person of learning; especially : one with detailed knowledge in some specialized field (as of science or literature) who chooses not to appear as if they are capable of or interested in any actual work. Also referring to a person wwho persistantly looks as if they are slacking off but somehow manage extraordinary productivity by leveraging technology or exploiting areas of gross inefficiency within an organization.
Is typically highly resistant or abhorant to conventual management or provintial ideology. One that manages to get “promoted” inspite of themselves when they “save the day” while wearing flipflops and hung over.
Not to be confused with Idiot Savant.
Pronunciation: ‘E-”dyO-sä-’vän, or same as IDIOT and SAVANT for respective sing and pl forms
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural idiots savants /-”dyO-sä-’vän(z) /; or idiot savants /-’vän(z)/
Etymology: French, literally, learned idiot
1 : a person affected with a mental disability (as autism or mental retardation) who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field (as mathematics or music) — called also savant
2 : a person who is highly knowledgeable about one subject but knows little about anything else
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