numbnuts
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numbnuts (plural numbnuts or numbnutses)
- (chiefly US, slang, derogatory, sometimes humorous, often as a term of address) A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).
- Tell numbnuts over there to wake up and pay attention to his work.
References[edit]
- “numbnuts” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- In A Dictionary of Slang: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom, retrieved 25 May 2007.
- In An Unabridged Unofficial Dictionary for Marines, retrieved 10 March 2021.
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