fuckwit

English

Etymology

From fuck +‎ wit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌkwɪt/

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Noun

fuckwit (plural fuckwits) (derogatory or offensive, vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth)

1. A very stupid person.

   Synonyms: halfwit, dickhead; see also Thesaurus:idiot

   • 2024 November 25, Max Brockman, “P.I. Undercover: New York” (5:34 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎^[1], season 6, episode 8, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):

     “Gizmo, you sound like a fuckwit.”

2. A contemptible person.

   Synonyms: fucker; see also Thesaurus:jerk

   • 2003, Martin McDonagh, “Act Three”, in The Pillowman, →ISBN, page 80:

     TUPOLSKI: I'm doing my job. I'm not torturing a condemned fuckwit just to satisfy my own sadist vengeance fantasies.

Derived terms

• fuckwitted
• fuckwittery
• truckwit

Related terms

• fuckwittedness

Translations

a very stupid person

• Finnish: kaistapää (fi)
• French: con (fr) m, conne (fr) f
• German: Idiot (de) m, Blödmann (de) m
• Japanese: どアホ (doaho)
• Polish: szajbus (pl) m, pojeb (pl) m, zjeb (pl) m, popierdoleniec (pl) m
• Russian: приду́рок (ru) m (pridúrok), долбоёб m (dolbojób) (vulgar), муди́ла (ru) m or f (mudíla) (vulgar), уеба́н (ru) m (ujebán) (vulgar), ебла́н (ru) m (jeblán) (vulgar)
• Spanish: retrasado mental (es) m
• Thai: ไอ้โง่
• Ukrainian: приду́рок m (prydúrok), довбойо́б m (dovbojób) (vulgar), їбла́н m (jiblán) (vulgar)