muttonhead
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈmʌtənˌhɛd/
- Offensive
- He's Batman, you moronic muttonheads, that's how.
Examples
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The growing misuse of "begs the question" comes from some muttonhead TV talking head who thought it must mean that the discussion so far has reached a point where another question, an additional question, begs to be answered.
Blog text (33) -
You muttonhead, how could you forget the meeting today?
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Damn to the depths whatever muttonhead thought up parley.
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Hey, fleabag, muttonhead!
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You're a muttonhead.
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Just as not all vegetarians are saints, not all vegephobes are psychopathic muttonheads who believe that Whoppers grow in burger patches.
Academic text (2000) -
From the plays of Plautus, Foster has been known to teach his students such Latin insults as "vervex" (muttonhead), "vomitus" (a puke), and "caudex" (a block of wood, a blockhead).
Academic text (1994) -
Don't be such a muttonhead; we discussed this yesterday.
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When he ignored my advice, I realized he really was a muttonhead.
Synonyms
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9.9
A very rude and insulting word for a person you strongly dislike
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9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
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9.9
A rude word for a person who is very stupid and unpleasant
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7.9
A person who does silly things without thinking
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8.1
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
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9.9
A rude insulting word for someone who is very stupid or unpleasant
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8.2
A person who is stupid or slow to understand things
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6.1
A person who learns slowly or has trouble understanding
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9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
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8.2
A person who is foolish and not very smart
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9.9
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
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9.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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8.9
A person who is very stupid
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
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9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
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9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
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9.9
An insulting name for a person from Wisconsin or someone seen as foolish
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9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
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9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
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9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
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9.9
A person who acts foolish or refuses to listen
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9.9
A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense
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9.9
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
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9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
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9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
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9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person people insult by saying they are stupid
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9.9
A person who is not very smart
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9.9
A person who is very stupid or foolish
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
An insulting name for a stupid person
A foolish person who does silly things
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
A rude name for a person who is foolish and annoys others
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts very foolishly and makes many mistakes
Antonyms
How Stupid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Muttonhead joins mutton ('sheep meat') and head to make a funny image of someone with a 'sheep's head', meaning slow or foolish, much like the word sheepish suggests. So, muttonhead is an old insult for a stupid or foolish person.