He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!
George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning. She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!1984, Stephen King, Gramma:
stupe
verb
Etymology From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.
1
To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
stupe it at least thrice a Day1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:
stupe
noun
Etymology From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.
1
A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.
And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress: