UNDERCLOCKED

1. Adjective describing a person of inferior intelligence: dullard. 2. A state of diminished mental capacity: caffeine-deprived. Analogy drawn from the practice of altering the operating speed of microprocessor chips. Entymology: from the ancient Geek _clkd. [Etymology, perhaps? Entomology is the branch of zoology involving the study of insects.] Example: Is it just me or is Tom Daschle underclocked a few megahertz?