numbnuts

English

Etymology

numb +‎ nuts

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

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.

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