Bonehead vs Idiot - What's the difference?
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(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
* 1921 , James Huneker, Variations , page 248:
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
Bonehead is a related term of idiot.
As nouns the difference between bonehead and idiot
is that bonehead is (slang) someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid while idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.bonehead
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Noun
(wikipedia bonehead) (en noun)- Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up]] in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old ," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead , who no doubt prefers a Broadway comic opera to [[w:The Marriage of Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro.
Derived terms
* boneheadedidiot
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Alternative forms
* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.