induhvidual

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noun

A foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.

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Meanings

nouninduhvidual (plural induhviduals)

plural induhviduals

  1. derogatoryslangA foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others.

    These are the same induhviduals who can't be bothered to pull their behemoths into the block-long bus zones fiercely defended by $250 fines.

    1999 November 30, Kim L. Serkes, “Draconian Plan”, in The San Francisco Chronicle

Origin

Blend of individual + duh. In 1995, Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams asked readers of the Dilbert Newsletter to come up with a "good derogatory nickname for non-DNRC [Dogbert's New Ruling Class, the official Dilbert fanclub] people" that "should sound harmless and endearing but have a clever double meaning", ultimately selecting "induhvidual" (submitted by "Heather of Beantown") as the winning entry. Issues of the newsletter since then have included a section called "True Tales of Induhviduals" featuring reader-contributed stories about people doing foolish things.

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APA

induhvidual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/induhvidual

MLA

“induhvidual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/induhvidual. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “induhvidual,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/induhvidual.

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