The clear winner of the competition for Chairman of the Fraternity's Event Planning Committee was the best looking, most popular, functional idiot on the board.
by ljgunner September 8, 2009
Get the Functional Idiot mug.A person whom while able to minimally function in society, hold a job (at varying degrees of success), feed, clothe & house themselves still remain a disaster at nearly all other personal & social aspects of life.
They are your severely disturbed, paranoid and/or inappropriate coworkers, family & friends, yet remain gainfully employed, operate vehicles daily and manage to not starve to death.
They are your severely disturbed, paranoid and/or inappropriate coworkers, family & friends, yet remain gainfully employed, operate vehicles daily and manage to not starve to death.
Because of their multiple failed relationships and substance abuse charges, Brittney & Lindsey remain the poster children for the functional dysfunctional.
by fuzzygreysocks January 26, 2010
Get the functional dysfunctional mug.1.) a person who, although intelligent, functions as a dumbass. 2.) Someone who is motivated to rise only to the level of function necessary to complete a task.
1.) Q: "Your friend seems smart! Does she do well in school?" A: "Nah! She's a functional dumbass!"
2.) That functional dumbass fixed my computer problem, but now all my files are deleted!
2.) That functional dumbass fixed my computer problem, but now all my files are deleted!
by 3 card Monty May 25, 2009
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1. Psychology. a person of the operational order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25 yet still mantains the ability to convince society of their relevance, and ability to be trusted to act intelligently.
2. A charismatic individual which demonstrates inconsistent reasoning abilities and has an inherent disreguard towards their sociological perspective.
3. One who assumes "any publicity is good publicity."
1. Psychology. a person of the operational order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25 yet still mantains the ability to convince society of their relevance, and ability to be trusted to act intelligently.
2. A charismatic individual which demonstrates inconsistent reasoning abilities and has an inherent disreguard towards their sociological perspective.
3. One who assumes "any publicity is good publicity."
Dixie: Can you believe that idiot?!? Does he have any idea how offensivly stupid he is?!?
Dewey: I can believe it because he is a Functional Retard.
Dewey: I can believe it because he is a Functional Retard.
by Mr. Nova<3 April 3, 2011
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Get the Functional neurological disorder mug.The ability to maintain a façade of competence, the surface of which, once penetrated, reveals the individual actually has little to no understanding of the tasks in which they have been placed in control of. This type of employee is of particular concern as their incompetence may not be discovered until they have left the organization.
John excelled at functional incompetence because he seemed to know what he was doing until an audit showed he fabricated all his reports.
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Ellilta's got her shit together but she's been watching Game of Thrones everyday for the past month. She's a functional nerd.
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