as in idiot
a stupid person
so who's the fathead who messed around with my movie collection?
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Recent Examples of fathead
Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
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The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
The 3- to 7-acre nursery ponds were poisoned with rotenone to kill out any existing fish before the Florida fish were stocked, along with forage species, including bluegill, threadfin shad and fathead minnows.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 July 2022
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish, golden shiner, fathead minnows and bluegill.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
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The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
The 3- to 7-acre nursery ponds were poisoned with rotenone to kill out any existing fish before the Florida fish were stocked, along with forage species, including bluegill, threadfin shad and fathead minnows.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 July 2022
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish, golden shiner, fathead minnows and bluegill.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathead
Noun
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There is nothing in the past year that suggests that the portion of this global event that will take place in the U.S. will proceed with anything less than exhausting chaos, a spoonful of stupid, and a dash of tragedy.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Jan. 2026
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And then, the rest of her life, filled with big stupids and everything else, will begin.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Fathead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathead. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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