numbnuts

English

Alternative forms

• numb-nuts
• numb nut

Etymology

From numb +‎ nuts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌmnʌts/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

numbnuts (plural numbnuts or numbnutses)

1. (chiefly US, slang, derogatory, sometimes humorous, often as a term of address) A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).

   Tell numbnuts over there to wake up and pay attention to his work.

   • 1987, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey):

     What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?

References

• “numbnuts”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “numbnuts n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• In A Dictionary of Slang: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom, retrieved 25 May 2007.
• In An Unabridged Unofficial Dictionary for Marines, retrieved 10 March 2021.