eejit

Irish for 'idiot'.
Made popular by Brian Friel's "Translations"
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"An eejit is a person or animal with an implant in its head." (In Nancy Farmer's 'The House of the Scorpion', 2002)

In the book, people who break the law, do bad things, etc. are turned into eejits. Eejits are basically human robots. Eejits can only perform simple tasks, such as cleaning, harvesting, looking after animals, etc. An eejit can only perform tasks after it has been instructed to do so, and will continue to perform that task until instructed to stop.

Also a nicer way of calling someone an idiot, usually jokingly.
"The Farm workers are eejits!" cried Matt.

Rosa, a character in the story, was turned into an eejit for not looking after Matt properly because he was a clone.

A "Safe Horse" is an eejit; it will not eat, drink or otherwise move until it is told to do so or dies.

You're such an eejit!
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Derivative of "Idiot". Meaning foolish or careless
I'm not letting Jonny borrow my new Playstation 2 - he'll wreck it the eejit.
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A Scottish and Irish word for idiot. It is often used with friends, though it could also be a genuine insult if said with the right tone of voice.
"Oh my god, you feckin' eejit, Max. What do you think you were doing?"
"YER JUST A FUCKIN' EEJIT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YER ON ABOUT, MATE."
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Irish/Gaelic language, eejit means idiot or fool.
"oh no, i spilled my tea!"
reply : "ya fuckin eejit ya"

"oh no, I forgot to buy milk!"
reply : "you are some fuckin eejit you are!"
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Popular word in both Scotland and Ireland meaning idiot
'shut yer hole ya eejt yi'

'That Jack McConnell's a right eejit'
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Irish colloquialism derived from 'idiot' meaning fool or simpleton tending to act in a comically irrational way.
"She's an eejit. She thought her car had been stolen so called her parents, her insurance company and the police to report the theft. Next morning she found she'd parked round the corner."
by Ben S Demise March 24, 2004
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