potato headn.
/pəˈteɪtəʊ ˌhɛd/, U.S. /pəˈteɪdoʊ ˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. depreciative.
a. A person's head likened to a potato, either in appearance, as being large, bald, ugly, etc., or as implying stupidity.Sometimes associated with Irishness; cf. sense 1b.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun]
jolthead1533
jolting pate1579
copintank1585
jobbernowl1598
loggerhead1598
grout-heada1627
jolterhead1699
potato head1705
numbskull1718
jolter-pate1822
bullet-head1875
horse-head1905
1705 J. Michelborne Ireland Preserv'd i. i. 19 Shaame on dy Potato Head, dou a Maajor, come Cozen Dermot, let a Maajors Plaash alone.
1799 M. Berry Let. 12 Jan. (1865) II. 83 If their potatoe heads rebel with, They must certainly rebel without it.
1851 Tioga (Wellsboro, Pa.) Eagle 2 Oct. 1/2 Obed was very tall; and..had more legs than body—the latter surmounted by a long bottle neck and potato head, with a..comical phiz.
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. d1 Look at yourself, boy... You slouch in the chair like a girl. You're wearing a golf cap on that big Irish potato-head of yours, and your sports jacket looks like you used it to wipe out a salad bowl.
1996 Company Dec. 45/3 His wealth and cool outweigh his potato head and monobrow, so he can pull a gorgeous rock chick.
b. A person whose head is likened to a potato; a stupid person, a fool. Also: a person from an area known for the cultivation of potatoes, esp. Ireland; (hence) an unsophisticated person from a rural area; a country bumpkin, a hick.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
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long-ear?a1300
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dullardc1440
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jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
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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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant
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clubhutchen1584
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put1688
country cousin1692
clodhopper1699
hawbuck1787
Johnny Raw1803
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
country jake1845
Hoosier1846
hayseed1851
Reuben1855
scissorbill1876
agricole1882
country jay1888
rube1891
jasper1896
farmer1903
stump jumper1936
woop woop1936
potato head1948
no-neck1961
1948 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 2 Dec. 27/2 (caption) She can do imitations of me that are a wow and calls me old potato head when I'm not around!
1960 C. Krueger St. Patrick's Battalion 19 Potato-heads, sir. We been getting them regular. Most of them don't last long.
1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 7 June 27 Firing off verbal salvos with ecumenical impartiality, he has blasted one or another of his colleagues as a ‘pipsqueak’ or a ‘potato-head’.
1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay xii. 139 Mr. Lyons, a spectacled potatohead, is put on the [witness] stand.
1991 I. Sinclair Downriver v. 128 One evening, two of the ‘potato-heads’ began to fight.
2004 Hollywood Reporter (Nexis) 26 Jan. Set in Idaho, the film views all its characters as potato-heads with limited mental faculties.
2. Originally U.S. Mr (also Mrs) Potato Head n. (and variants) (a) (a proprietary name for) a children's toy consisting of plastic features, limbs, etc., intended to be stuck into a potato (or, in later use, a potato-shaped plastic body); (b) depreciative (a name for) a person regarded as ugly, peculiar-looking, or stupid.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person
hog's face1578
kex1619
troll1697
singed cat1836
ogre1843
plug-ugly1862
partan-face1895
bad looker1898
snout-face1923
Mr Potato Head1952
mieskeit1968
fuglya1970
grot1970
minger1992
society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others
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cock1608
turnel1621
corala1625
house of cardsa1625
Jack-in-the-box1659
(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662
sucker1681
whirligig1686
playbook1694
card house1733
snapper1788
card castle1792
Aaron's bells?1795
Noah's Ark1807
Jacob's ladder1820
cat-stairs1825
daisy chain1841
beanbag1861
playboat1865
piñata1868
teething ring1872
weet-weet1878
tumble-over1883
water cracker1887
jumping-bean1889
play money1894
serpentin1894
comforter1898
pacifier1901
dummy1903
bubble water1904
yo-yo1915
paper airplane1921
snowstorm1926
titty1927
teaser1935
Slinky1948
teether1949
Mr Potato Head1952
squeeze toy1954
Frisbee1957
mobile1957
chew toy1959
water-rocket1961
Crazy Foam1965
playshop1967
war toy1973
waterball1974
pull-along1976
transformer1984
Aerobie1985
1952 Elyria (Ohio) Chron.-Telegram 17 July 27/3 (advt.) Below are listed the..winners of our..colossal coloring contest.... Alan Beekstein... Prize—Potato Head.]
1952 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 20 Nov. 7/5 (advt.) ‘Mr. Potato Head.’ The funny face kit for the entire family.
1953 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 12 Nov. 19/2 (advt.) Mr. or Mrs. Potatohead. 1001 Funny Faces. Fascinating & educational.
1977 Herald-Times-Reporter (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 29 Mar. 4/5 Hays called the doorkeeper ‘Mister Potato Head’.
1990 P. Auster Music of Chance vi. 143 And what makes you so high and mighty, Mr. Potato Head?
1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 163 She looked at Mrs. Potato Head, who was keeping mum on the subject.
2003 R. Ozeki All over Creation ii. 90 Mr. Potato Head..had big, googly eyes and lozenge-shaped ears.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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