טִמְטוּם
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. kneading hard (Mishnaic)
2. making stupid
3. stupidity (colloquial)
Pronunciation
timtúm
Examples4
אֵין מזור לטִמְטוּם.
There's no cure for stupidity.
לטִמְטוּם אֵין גְּבוּל.
Stupidity knows no bounds.
לְעוֹלָם אֵין לְהַפְחִית בחֲשִׁיבוּת הַהַשְׁפָּעָה שֶׁל הַטִּמְטוּם הָאֱנוֹשִׁי.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
לִצְחֹק עַל כֹּל דָּבָר שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה אוֹ נֶאֱמַר, זֶה טִמְטוּם, לֹא לִצְחֹק זֶה אֲפִלּוּ יוֹתֵר מְטֻמְטָם.
To laugh at everything that is done or said is stupid, but not to laugh is even more foolish.