peanut headn.
/ˈpiːnʌt hɛd/, U.S. /ˈpiˌnət ˌ(h)ɛd/ slang (originally U.S.).
1. A stupid or foolish person; also as a term of abuse. Cf. pinhead n. 4a, pea-brain n. at pea n.2 Compounds 2, etc.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
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noddyship?1589
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plant-animal1673
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cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
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numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
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jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
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timber-head1794
wether heada1796
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noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
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peanut head1891
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zob1911
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momo1953
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nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
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nana1965
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lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
dorkus1979
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
wally1980
wally brain1981
der-brain1983
langer1983
numpty1985
sotong1988
fanny1995
fannybaws2000
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]
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Sammy1828
tammie norie1828
Tommy1828
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noodlehead1835
nowmun1854
gum-sucker1855
flat-head1862
peggy1869
noodledum1883
jay1884
toot1888
peanut head1891
simp1903
sappyhead1922
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jerk-off1939
drongo1942
galah1945
Charley1946
nong-nong1959
mouth-breather1979
twonk1981
1891 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 13 Aug. How is the wild man and the peanut head; are they fighting?
1971 D. Wells & S. Dance Night People i. 5 He seemed to be one of the slowest guys in the band. We called him Peanut Head!
1999 J. Lethem Motherless Brooklyn 65 Say thanks, you peanutheads.
2. A particularly small head. Also: a person with such a head, esp. as part of a generally small or thin frame; frequently as a term of mild abuse.
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1906 Washington Post 30 Dec. 46/2 Bet Tom Everts has got the wig I ought to have, and has it on his peanut head this minute.
1954 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 28 183 The other children do not yet call him ‘pint-size’ or ‘peanut-head’; they haven't noticed yet that they are bigger.
1976 D. Taylor in D. S. Harrison & T. Trabasso Black Eng. xii. 223 ‘Jar head’, ‘hammer head’, and ‘peanut head’ today refer to some of the more unusual conformations in head shape.
1990 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Oct. b1 My family..used to call me ‘peanut head’ because I was so skinny.
2003 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 May c1 One could pick his silhouette out of a lineup of 50 by the shape of his peanut head.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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