Dumb
Dumb adjective - Deliberately refraining from speech.
Usage example: the mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night
Both words in one sentence
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Self-Deprecation}: Whenever Clyde seems to be talking bad about Wallace it's revealed he is actually talking about himself.Clyde: I'm So dumb sometimes.
Source: Series / Mighty Med - Put it all together and it would be hard to mistake a talking animal for a dumb animal by accident, and a talking carnivore has more in common with a talking herbivore than with a dumb carnivore.
Source: Furry Confusion / Literature - The stallion, talking in an African-American accent, angrily accuses the boy of assuming he was dumb just because he was black.
Source: Mistaken for Racist
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