dickhead
noun/ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd/
Etymology From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest. Compare cockhead, knobhead.
- ...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime...1970, Clarence Major, All-night Visitors, page 71:
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Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar A jerk; a mean or rude person.
- I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them.1965, Robin Moore, The Green Berets, page 242:
- ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207:
1 more example
- She was on your mind with some dickhead guy That you saw that night2022, “Question...?”, performed by Taylor Swift:
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Derogatory, Slang, Vulgar A stupid or useless person.
- "Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"1979, E.M. Corder, The Deer Hunter, page 69:
- Synonyms
- idiot
- Derived terms
- dickheaded, dickheadedly, dickheadedness, dickheadish