midwit
(neologism, mostly, _, internet slang, mildly, _, pejorative) A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are
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(neologism, mostly, _, internet slang, mildly, _, pejorative) A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are smarter than they are.
“someone should create a guy who's a smug midwit convinced everyone's mad at him because they're not smart enough to understand his extremely obvious motivations i think that would do really well here on this webbed zone”
At no point in this process does the midwit have to review information for himself or consider ideas in abstract. How then should we not be midwits? Painting with broad strokes: avoid media. Cultivate taste. Grow and train your sense of …
“someone should create a guy who's a smug midwit convinced everyone's mad at him because they're not smart enough to understand his extremely obvious motivations i think that would do really well here on this webbed zone”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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