potatohead

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Noun

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potatohead (plural potatoheads)

  1. Alternative form of potato head
    • 1986, San José Studies - Volumes 12-13, page 51:
      “Your old man was a dumb, sot, potatohead,” says Johnson Gayle, who lost his last set 6–2.
    • 1997, Neal Barrett Jr., Bad Eye Blues:
      Potatoheads are the clowns who work for Michael,” Zinnia said. “You know, Vinnie, Bobby, the late Rocco and Nix. Bozos, dummies, fucking potatoheads..."
    • 1997, Meg Booker, The insider's guide to America online, page 246:
      I feel like a potatohead just watching hour after hour of TV— I miss that all-important interactivity I've gotten so used to online.
    • 2000, Stefan Hammond, Hollywood East: Hong Kong Movies and the People who Made Them:
      Complementing this kinder/gentler cop-flick vibe is a bunch of criminals they're after—a gang of bumbling thieves from the Mainland. These potatoheads can't do anything right.