Etymology

fachidiot

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Today it means: A (narrow) specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty, or who only looks at problems through the (blinkered) lens of their own specialty. Full definition →

German Fachidiot
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  1. German · borrowed fromFachidiot
  2. English todayfachidiot

Borrowed from German Fachidiot.

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