"Saying we're a sure thing to win the division is pure idiocy," said Steinbrenner, who does not have a payroll of almost $50 million to finish second.

I sat there thinking back over it, trying to make up my mind whether it was pure idiocy or just a new way to toss a scare.

It would be pure idiocy not to make the most of this.

It had a sound of half-pleasurable shock, an accent of drunkenness, an overtone of pure idiocy.

In fact, I think it even transcends ridiculous and scales the heights to pure idiocy.

He was equally sure that it would be pure idiocy to do so.

Some of the points made above are pure idiocy.

It was another symptom of the pure idiocy that seemed to afflict him every time he was around her.

Understanding did not stop her wanting to dose the fool woman with triple-strength sheeps-tongue root for pure idiocy.

It held the note of a halfpleasurable shock, an accent of drunkenness, and a touch of pure idiocy.