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Darwin Award

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the international honours awarded to people who supposedly help to improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it in a spectacularly stupid manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 達爾文獎 /达尔文奖 (Dá'ěrwén jiǎng) — international honours
  • Finnish: Darwin-palkinto — international honours
  • German: Darwin Award — international honours
  • Greek: Βραβείο Δαρβίνου (Vraveío Darvínou) — international honours
  • Hungarian: Darwin-díj — international honours
  • Japanese: ダーウィン賞 (Dāwinshō) — international honours
  • Korean: 다윈상 (Dawinsang) — international honours
  • Russian: Пре́мия Да́рвина (Prémija Dárvina) — international honours
  • Spanish: Premio Darwin — international honours