Why does the term "Village Idiot"?

Question

Why does the term "Village Idiot" sound so funny? Or am I the only person who inwardly laughs when I hear someone say that?

Answer 1

Dragon thinks it is meant to be kind of a silly term, because the village idiot is kind of a silly person.

If you called em the village genius in a sarcastic tone of voice, it would be funny, but some peeple would likely miss the sarcasm.  Dragon wouldn't, but Dragon wasn't around when the term was coined.

And you know what?  The Wikipedia has no information on the term!!  Silly Wikipedia.  Dragon was gonna give you some etymology on it, but there wasn't any on the Wikipedia.  So Dragon just tells you what she thinks.

Answer 2

i am the only idiot in the village.lol

Answer 3

I also laugh a little. I think it's so funny because so many villages are missing them.

Answer 4

i do too

not really sure why

but i guess that village is a funny word :)

hahaha

Answer 5

Because that is the name given to total losers like my ex-boyfriend...I had nicknamed him 'Village Idiot' cause it suited him perfectly!!!

Answer 6

Someone that stands out above others, normally they could be a little slow or as one would say  a sandwich short of a picnic