The word cretin is derived from the Latin creatura. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
I just learned the history of the word cretin today. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
No. What makes Thomas a cretin is that he abdicates his JOB to decide whether punishments are cruel and unusual. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and Life Without Parole for Under-18 (Nonhomicide) Offenders] Reference
The term cretin describes a. From Wordnik.com. [Anarchist news dot org - Comments] Reference
A cretin is a cretin, political stripe notwithstanding. From Wordnik.com. [the Right Honourable Dr Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, picks his nose and eats it « raincoaster] Reference
I am sure I'll get called a cretin for that but you know I'm right. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Friday] Reference
The cretin was the one variety of the human species with which the commandant had not yet come in contact. From Wordnik.com. [The Country Doctor] Reference
I sucked in a breath, imagining what kind of cretin they must have made me look like.?. From Wordnik.com. [Catspaw]
Unless, of course, "cretin" is a term of respect or endearment amongst Iain's fanbase?. From Wordnik.com. [Comment Registration: The Experiment Ends Early] Reference
The word cretin is derived from the. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Was Kreton a pun on the word cretin?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
Lib Dem sorry for Twitter 'cretin' insult to minister. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
When Mr Black apologised for his "cretin" comment, Mr Andrews tweeted that he accepted that. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
In an interview published in a UK newspaper, she also called Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu a "cretin". From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News]
"cretin," and said economic sanctions would be the only way to get him to change. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
You cretin, can't you tell I'm as sane as you are?. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
You locked up a cretin because you are all cretins. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
'In antiques,' she said as if explaining to a cretin. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
Joe, what are authorities telling you about this cretin?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2009] Reference
SLIWA: Oh, this monster, this cretin with chromosome damage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2009] Reference
The operator sounded exasperated, like he was talking to a cretin. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
Because then a cretin with chromosome damage like this gets away with it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009] Reference
What a cretin, what a buffoon, I suspect he even has trouble tying his shoelaces!. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
"You offer a lutin mere fruit, you cretin?" he demanded, dashing it from Hugo's hand. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
Michael Weller wrote to one of those critics, "My brother was shot by a sub-cretin like you.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2006] Reference
The DA reportedly noted the fact that this cretin had cancer and only three years left to live. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2009] Reference
Now the investigation turns to hunting down the monster, the cretin who did this to little Nevaeh. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2009] Reference
Now she is demanding that the cretin responsible be caught and subjected to the worst possible punishment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2009] Reference
But the thing I most took away from your, ahem, interesting worldview is that you, sir, are a moral cretin. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
So the desire for vengeance against this subhuman cretin is not only understandable, but it's more than that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2006] Reference
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