Entry: Stanford-Bïnet (n.)
In context: "M.M. Pemulis, whose middle name is Mathew (sic), has the highest
Stanford-Bïnet of any kid on academic probation ever at the Academy."
Definition: An adaptive intelligence test.
Other:
Don't call me an idiot! I'm profound!
Binet Scale of Human Intelligence
IQ Score Original Name Modern Term
Over 140 Genius or Near-Genius
120 - 139 Very Superior
110 - 119 Superior
90 - 109 Average or Normal
80 - 89 Dull Dull Normal
70 - 79 Borderline Deficiency Mild
50 - 69 Moron Moderate
20 - 49 Imbecile Severe
Below 20 Idiot Profound
SNOOT score: 1
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Source: Wikipedia
Definitive Jest is a vocabulary-building and SNOOT-approved word-of-the-day blog centered around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
Perhaps also of interest here is the ï instead of i. I don't know of any rule that would explain this, and I'd never seen Alfred Binet written thusly.
ReplyDeleteMaybe double-dotted because the bi- indicates two of something?
Yeah, I wonder about that - it would be odd for it to be a typo. Oddly enough, French references to Binet seem to prefer Bïnet.
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