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by 2038AD 1949 days ago
>No, they were not

Not arguing any real point other than yes those words did. Have a couple of definitions I found in a rather harshly titled old book, Backward and feeble-minded children

> Idiots. — Those so defective that the mental development never exceeds that of a normal child of about two years.

> Morons. — Those whose mental development is above that of an imbecile, but does not exceed that of a normal child of about twelve years.

https://archive.org/details/backwardfeeblemi00huey/page/6/

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Bonus points for not citing Wikipedia.