chowderheaded

adj

chowderheaded

adj

Etymology From chowder + headed.

1

Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.

  • We resumed business; and while plying our spoons in the bowl, thinks I to myself, I wonder now if this here has any effect on the head? What’s that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people?1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
  • Taliferro had launched a glossy magazine called Da Niggarati, subtitled: For Dem Who Know Who Dey Be...If it was expensive and could be afforded by the average chowderheaded Negro, then it went into the magazine.2003, Norman Kelley, A Phat Death: Or, the Last Days of Noir Soul:

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