Equivalent to (a ? b : c) ?

[Mikael Olofsson]

On 23-Dec-99 Gareth McCaughan wrote:
 >  "Idiot" comes from the Greek "idiotes" meaning "layman". I'm not
 >  sure why "idiotes" means that; perhaps the idea is the contrast
 >  between the individual layman and the person who's a member of
 >  whatever institution is in question.

FWIW, Isaac Asimov used "egghead" in one of his shortstories. It was 
used by people who were trained to have an extremely good memory, about 
those who were not. 

/Mikael

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