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The Lord of the Rings
“Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity!”— The Lord of the Rings
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The Lord of the Rings·
Fool of a Took!
≈ “You idiot! / Goddamn fool!”
/FOOL of a TOOK/noun phrase (insult)
Gandalf's signature rebuke. 'Fool' is practically a Tolkien curse word — the strongest language the wizard regularly uses. Directed at Peregrin Took after he drops a stone down a well in Moria.
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The Lord of the Rings·
Pushdug
≈ “Stinking filth (Orcish profanity)”
/PUSH-dug/noun/adjective (insult)
Part of the untranslated Orcish (Black Speech) profanity in LOTR. Tolkien deliberately left Orcish curses untranslated because they were too foul for his elevated narrative style.
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