crayon eater
Meanings
noun
- An unintelligent or mentally disabled person.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crayon, eater.
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Etymology
From a tendency in small children and people with developmental disabilities to eat or crave objects that are not food. Associated from the early 2010s with members of the United States Marine Corps, and adopted as a self-deprecating meme.
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