total prickhead
- noun
- Offensive
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imbécil
- Everyone thought he was a total prickhead after the way he spoke to the waiter.
Examples
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Please don't be a total prickhead when discussing sensitive topics with colleagues.
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I can't believe you're friends with such a total prickhead.
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That guy is a total prickhead!
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Why would you call him a total prickhead?
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Everyone thought he was a total prickhead after the way he spoke to the waiter.
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I can't believe you're friends with such a total prickhead.
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Please don't be a total prickhead when discussing sensitive topics with colleagues.
Synonyms
773
9.8
An insulting name for a rude person who treats others badly
227
9.9
An insulting word for a rude, mean person
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
64
9.9
A rude or selfish person, used as an offensive insult
55
9.9
A rude word for a person who is very stupid and unpleasant
19
9.9
A very rude person who treats others badly
18
9.9
A rude insulting word for someone who is very stupid or unpleasant
14
8.8
A rude, silly person who annoys others
11
9.9
A person who behaves in an annoying, rude, or foolish way
4
9.9
A person who behaves very rudely and hurts other people
1
9.6
A person who is rude and unkind to others
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
9.9
A person who behaves very rudely and foolishly
A person who is very rude and often insults others
A very rude and annoying person who acts like they are better than others
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A person who is very rude and treats others badly
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A rude word for a person who treats others badly
A very rude and selfish person who treats others badly
A person who is rude and treats others badly
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
A very rude person who treats others badly
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A very rude and insulting name for a person you strongly dislike
A person who is very rude and insults others cruelly
A very rude and foolish person
A person who is very rude and annoying to other people
A person who is very foolish and annoys others
A very annoying person who acts rudely to others
A person who acts like a fool and annoys others
A very rude and annoying person who treats others badly
A person who is very foolish and annoying
Antonyms
How Rude
- Offensive
- Offensive
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
total + prickhead
The determiner/adjective 'total' simply intensifies the noun, and 'prickhead' is compositionally analyzable as 'prick' (an insulting term for a person) + 'head' (a derogatory nominal suffix, as in 'dickhead'), so the overall meaning 'an extremely unpleasant/rude person' follows directly from the parts. Although 'prickhead' is slang/vulgar and may be absent from dictionaries, its derogatory formation is productive and therefore likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Total prickhead probably comes from joining prick (a rude word for someone who hurts or annoys others) and head to name a person. Calling someone a 'total' prickhead says they are completely unpleasant, which is why the phrase is used as a strong insult.