daft laddie question
English
Noun
daft laddie question (plural daft laddie questions)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A question posed to a group by a person feigning stupidity with the aim of making sure all aspects of a subject have been considered.
- I'm not immersed in Junior football history, and though I've grown to love it over the years I feel I'm missing a lot of stuff that everyone just seems to know. So I thought the off season was a good time to ask my daft laddie questions. -- Forum post 17/06/2017 (Can we date this quote?)
Coordinate terms
- daft lassie question
- devil's advocate
See also
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