Claude

A Claude is an intangible being capable of both great idiocy and genius simultaneously; however, this is a very broad definition.

Stages
While the issue of what a claude actually is remains a topic of controversy, it has been ascertained that there are at least 6 stages of clerdishness.

Stage 1. A claude is born. You cannot become a claude later in life. You can only be born a claude. Some have shown claudish tendencies, but are in fact not technically claudes. We call these niggers "day claudes," because they are only claudes when it suits their selfish needs.