Degarmo coefficient

The Degarmo coefficient is a measure of stupidity. It is inspired by 's novel, where delivers one of the greatest put-downs of all time to Detective Lieutenant Degarmo:

A Degarmo coefficient of 1 indicates total abject stupidity. Examples of a unity Degarmo coefficient might include creating a Wikipedia article on the latest Colbert-inspired idiocy or starting a deletion review of Encyclopaedia Dramatica.

The term was, as far as I'm aware coined by Mike "Phroggus Maxiumus" French in about 1980.