Shithead

//ˈʃɪt.hɛd// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid or contemptible person. countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar

    "Unfortunately Todd is a dummy, but what's worse is that Harvey is a shithead."

  2. 2
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence wordnet
  3. 3
    A card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards. uncountable, vulgar
  4. 4
    A person who uses the drug cannabis. countable, slang, vulgar

    "Reynolds tensed his jaw, “we have a lot less shitheads in the LoC than they do over here. You wanna know why? Cuz it's all legal. We got farmers growin' marijuana. Poppies. Coca. Instead of shitheads we got cokeheads and dope heads. […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
fuckhead;airheadanusarseholeass

Example

More examples

"I'll kill you! Knock your block off and grind you underfoot! You shithead! Die!"

Etymology

From shit + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead.

Related phrases

card game

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