derp

Meanings

Interjection

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Verb

• To act stupidly or foolishly
• To make a stupid mistake
• To point in different directions; To have a facial expression with one's eyes pointing in different directions.

Noun

• A person who acts stupidly or foolishly; a person who derps.
• A stupid mistake.
• The rhetorical tactic of constantly repeating an opinion after facts have proved it incorrect.

Origin

• Probably from dur, British informal exclamation for “stupid” or from duh, an exclamation indicating faltering speech and assumed stupidity, glottalized for emphasis. It is believed that the word was coined in the film BASEketball (1998) and further popularized by "The Succubus", a 1999 episode of South Park.