Dunces

The basic principle of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils.

To take his mind off the intense shooting, Ryan Reynolds would retreat to his hotel room and reread passages from what he has called his “desert island” book, the John Kennedy Toole classic, A Confederacy Of Dunces.

I am really growing weary of listening to the dunces who make up the far left wing of the democratic party constantly proclaiming the virtues of Socialism, and I’ll tell you why I feel that way.

According to him, Yorubas are not dunces.

I already ‘un-friended’ a few of my gaming pals who sent me emails asking if i want to come to their superbowl party to watch the big game… What a bunch of dunces.

As well as Theobald, it pilloried a host of other "hacks", "scribblers" and "dunces".