numbnuts

English

Etymology

numb +‎ nuts

Pronunciation

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Noun

numbnuts (plural numbnuts or numbnutses)

1. (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.

   The drill instructor must have called him "numbnuts" fifty times today.

References

• “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 25 May 2007.