fathead
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fathead (plural fatheads)
- (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
- You fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:
- ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’
- A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
- A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
- A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
- Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps
Synonyms edit
- (derogatory): dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop, see also Thesaurus:idiot
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “derogatory”): genius
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
idiot
Pimephales promelas
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Semicossyphus pulcher
Psychrolutes microporos
fish of the genus Cubiceps
References edit
“fathead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.