as in idiot
a stupid person
so who's the fathead who messed around with my movie collection?
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Recent Examples of fathead
Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
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The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
The 3- to 7-acre nursery ponds were poisoned with rotenone to kill out any existing fish before the Florida fish were stocked, along with forage species, including bluegill, threadfin shad and fathead minnows.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 July 2022
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish, golden shiner, fathead minnows and bluegill.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
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The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
The 3- to 7-acre nursery ponds were poisoned with rotenone to kill out any existing fish before the Florida fish were stocked, along with forage species, including bluegill, threadfin shad and fathead minnows.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 July 2022
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish, golden shiner, fathead minnows and bluegill.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathead
Noun
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Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That would be at Texas A&M, and Aggies quarterback Marcel Reed revealed after the game that Moffitt brought out a tackling dummy with Kelly’s face on it to practice on Thursday.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The glass windows are blocked by tables and a piano and a crib and a dressmaker’s dummy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Fathead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathead. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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