bum head
- noun
- /bʌm hɛd/
- Offensive
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idiota
- I can't believe I was such a bum head and missed the meeting.
Examples
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She laughed and called her brother a bum head for spilling the juice.
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That guy is a real bum head sometimes.
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Don't be a bum head, just follow the instructions.
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Don't be such a bum head!
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Don't be a bum head; just follow the instructions.
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I can't believe I was such a bum head for missing the meeting.
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She laughed and called her brother a bum head when he spilled the juice.
Synonyms
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
59
8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or careless way
43
7.9
A person who does silly things without thinking
35
8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
18
9.9
A rude insulting word for someone who is very stupid or unpleasant
17
8.2
A person who acts very stupidly or recklessly
14
8.8
A rude, silly person who annoys others
13
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
6
9.2
A person who is silly and not thinking clearly
6
8.2
A person who is foolish and not very smart
5
9.7
A person who is not very smart
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
2
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
2
9.9
A person who often drinks too much and behaves foolishly
2
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
1
9.9
A person who acts foolish or refuses to listen
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, annoying way
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense
1
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
1
9.8
An insulting name for a person who is foolish or lazy
1
8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person people insult by saying they are stupid
1
9.9
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
A playful name children use for someone acting silly
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts in a silly way that annoys others
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who is foolish and lacks common sense
A person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
A person who is very foolish and annoys others
Very stupid or careless, used as an insult
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The derogatory sense is partly recoverable because 'bum' already denotes a contemptible/lazy person and English uses a productive slang pattern where -head (as in 'meathead', 'pothead') forms nouns meaning ‘a person characterized by X’. However, 'head' has multiple slang senses and the exact evaluative nuance ('foolish/careless') is informal and pragmatically marked, so a B1 learner who only knows the basic word meanings may not fully predict the intended insult without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bum head likely comes from putting bum, meaning a lazy or silly person, before head, as if someone's head were lazy or acting foolish. So calling someone a bum head is a playful way to say they are 'foolish' or 'careless'.