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UK
/bˈəʊnhɛd/
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NOUN
- a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
How To Use bonehead In A Sentence
- So no matter how boneheaded an incompetent manager I am, my department is 100% guaranteed to be profitable as long as I'm good at keeping my receipts?
- Vincent muttered darkly, ‘I don't recall inviting you two boneheads.’
- Instead of writing in opposition to your nemesis, write in favor of your cause; instead of calling the boneheaded author's integrity into question, extol the virtues of those who oppose that person; instead of pointing out flaws in the author's logic, create a flawless argument of your own. Edward Muzio: The Power of Shutting Up in the Internet Age
- Dont be some kind of bonehead with a negative opinion about everything. Poll: Stimulus not working
- Sheffer -- who knew what makes business men laugh -- pinned his simple faith to three main subjects, convulsive of the diaphragmatic muscles, building up each series upon the inherent humor to be extracted from physical violence as represented in the perpetrations and punishments of Ruff and Reddy, marital infidelity as mirrored in the stratagems and errancies of an amorous ape with an aged and jealous spouse, and the sure-fire familiarity of aged minstrel jokes (mother-in-law, country constable, young married cookery, and the like) refurbished in pictorial serials through the agency of two uproarious and imbecilic vulgarians, Bonehead and Buttinsky. Success A Novel
- Sadly, though, boneheaded sexism is on the rise throughout the rock scene.
- Maybe I should let him know what a bonehead you are and how you're hurting his chances.
- But Larry Ceisler, a Philadelphia Democratic consultant, had called Obama's remarks "boneheaded" the Friday I posted them and quickly the adjective had become a campaign staple. Mayhill Fowler: Bittergate: the Untold Story Behind the Story that Rocked the Obama Campaign
- The only difference here is that the offer was made and the Chancellor gave some truly boneheaded explanation forwhy. The Volokh Conspiracy » Kmiec on Chemerinsky:
- But, more importantly, boneheaded statements tend to beget more boneheaded statements.