Today's Word "Neanderthal"
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Neanderthal \nee-AN-duhr-thol\ (adjective) also Neandertal - 1 : Of, or pertaining to Neanderthal man, a member of an extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens who lived in caves in Europe and the Mediterranean 100,000 to 30,000 years ago. 2 : Boorish, uncivilized.
(noun) - 1 : Neanderthal man. 2 : An unenlightened or uncouth man.
"Jimmy considered anyone who called hi-tech 'bad' to be some kind of Neanderthal, feeling that there was no other way to cope with the modern era except through technology."
After Neanderthal (literally, Neander valley) in western Germany near Dusseldorf, where bones of a Neanderthal man were first discovered in 1856. In 1904 German spelling was regularized so Thal became Tal.
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