Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A stupid person; a dunce.
Wiktionary
- n. slang Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, and stupid.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a person of low intelligence; a dunce; a blockhead; -- used deprecatingly to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence or capabilities.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Etymologies
- bone + head (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This popularized the slang term bonehead, an American alteration of the British blockhead.”
“What the Americans call a bonehead became what the English call a hard-headed man.”
“I actually dont 'have a dietician so I have no one to call a bonehead!”
“Minnesota veterans will benefit from what Governor Pawlenty called a bonehead decision.”
“I have to agree with the author of that piece, Cabelas 'decision to expand and continue in the business of reducing public hunting/fishing access is a "bonehead" move.”
Cabelas has a pretty sweet deal going on their Gorilla King Kong HX hang up stand.
“Dont be some kind of bonehead with a negative opinion about everything.”
“AFTER THE JUMP -- Bloomie lays down a marker for Fenty -- Is Fenty an arrogant "bonehead"?”
“Here is their claim (Per Tucker Bounds or should I say 'bonehead'):”
“The Rezko thing was not illegal, Obama did nothing wrong, aside from the dumb "bonehead" move of getting anywhere near Rezko, which he has admitted.”
“But even a genius makes mistakes, In the book, Red admits to one "bonehead" move, wasting a first-round draft choice on a player who was afraid to fly.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bonehead’.
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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unkind words
unkind words or those refering them.
twit, gibe, blockhead, bonehead, cretin, dullard, imbecile, simpleton, clod, dunce, simp, ignoramus and 39 more...
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The Nerd
All the names any successful nerd can ever hope to be called.
dweeb, dork, drip, oaf, egghead, geek, twit, goofball, loser, swot, wimp, bonehead and 5 more...
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dirtie dirtie
words most foul
fuck, cunt, shit, hell, bloody, bloody hell, fuckhead, fucking, ass, asshole, fuck off, what fuck and 33 more...
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nonhead heads
figuratively named things with head
goathead, deadhead, arrowhead, warhead, airhead, cathead, bubblehead, egghead, hogshead, railhead, Tallulah Bankhead, bridgehead and 53 more...
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EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate
Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...
backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...
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mkuo's Words
sigh, chum, clandestine, behemoth, paramour, leviathan, dollop, wastrel, pedantic, hankering, warble, lope and 317 more...
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Known
stethoscope, triage, yule, vanity, bonehead, folly, petty, perpendicular, burnish, citrus, intrepid, waft and 52 more...
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loonie
Inspired by Peter Reading's "Euphemisms".
crackers, potty, loony, bonkers, nutty, screwy, ga-ga, dull, strange, do-lally, dopey, silly and 83 more...
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forbidden
contains certain adult slang terms
shaft, rod, prick, manhood, booblicious, pussylicious, tatas, bodacious, melons, joyhole, little fella, cock and 26 more...
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Words i could use in my book
promotion, preferment, amuse, defence, oppose, rape, argument, protect, attack, sex, intercourse, sexual intercourse and 23 more...
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Way Less Than A Genius
...but way smarter than asphalt ;)
doofus, dope, dunce, dork, dingaling, idiot, fool, dodo, bonehead, futz, retard, ditz and 35 more...
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Insults
duffer, braggart, drivel, dunderhead, wastrel, cad, tit, eejit, bonehead, quean, parnel, scallywag and 2 more...
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Not much between the ears
dolt, bonehead, fathead, idiot, airhead, moron, ultramaroon, meathead, imbecile, stupidhead, retard, muttonhead and 3 more...
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I'm Surrounded by Idiots
Ways to say someone is stupid, inept, etc. (nouns)
idiot, moron, ignoramus, dummy, dumbass, stupid, bonehead, meathead, featherbrain, scatterbrain, dumb, twit and 60 more...
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