The Only Use of
idiot savant
in
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
- We fall into clans: Jocks, Country Clubbers, Idiot Savants, Cheerleaders, Human Waste, Eurotrash, Future Fascists of America, Big Hair Chix, the Marthas, Suffering Artists, Thespians, Goths, Shredders.†
Definition:
a person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving calculation or memory)