total toolbag
- noun
- Offensive
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imbécil
- Her ex-boyfriend turned out to be a total toolbag, always putting others down.
Examples
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I can't believe he acted like a total toolbag at the meeting.
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Don't be such a total toolbag when people are trying to help you.
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Don't be such a total toolbag!
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He is a total toolbag for making that comment.
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Don't be such a total toolbag when people are trying to help you.
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Her ex-boyfriend turned out to be a total toolbag, always putting others down.
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I can't believe he acted like a total toolbag at the meeting.
Synonyms
88
9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
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
34
9.9
A rude word for a very foolish person
28
9.9
An insulting name for a person who is rude or mean
17
9.0
A rude name for a person who is very muscular but not seen as smart
11
9.9
A person who behaves in an annoying, rude, or foolish way
8
9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
6
9.9
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
5
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
4
9.9
A person who behaves foolishly and cannot be trusted
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
3
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
1
9.9
A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
1
9.1
A person who behaves badly or annoys others, often as a joke
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts silly and annoys others
1
9.9
A person who behaves very rudely and foolishly
1
9.9
A person who is very stupid or foolish
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, annoying way
A person who is very foolish and annoys others
A very rude and foolish person
A person who is very foolish and bad at what they do
A rude name for someone who behaves very foolishly
A person who acts very foolishly and makes many mistakes
A rude word for a person who treats others badly
A very rude word people use for someone they think is very bad or disgusting
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A very foolish person who is bad at doing things
A person who acts very foolishly and cannot do simple tasks
A very rude and foolish person
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A person who is very rude and treats others badly
A person who is rude and annoying
A person who acts like a fool and annoys others
A person who is very rude and annoying to other people
A person who is very rude and often insults others
A rude, stupid person who annoys others
A person who does not do their share and causes problems
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who is very foolish and annoying
A person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
A very rude and annoying person who treats others badly
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
total + toolbag
This is a colloquial insult whose meaning ('a foolish or obnoxious person') is not transparently composed from 'total' (complete) and the literal image of a 'tool'+'bag'. The derogatory sense of 'tool'/'toolbag' is slangy and culture-specific, so an average B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents would not reliably infer the idiomatic meaning.
Etymology
Total toolbag comes from the picture of a bag full of tools, where the 'tools' are useless or annoying actions a person shows. So calling someone a total toolbag means they are completely 'foolish' or 'obnoxious'.