Bonehead

Bonehead

Bonehead can refer to:
* "Bonehead", a term used to describe someone with a fixed sense of purpose to the point of being foolish.
* "Bonehead", a term coined by David Letterman to describe someone who purposely appears in the background of live television.
* "Bonehead", a derogatory term in the skinhead and punk subcultures, referring to white power skinheads. ["Spirit of '69", Chapter 5, George Marshall: ISBN 1-898927-10-3, S.T. Publishing, Scotland, 1991]
* "Bonehead", a derogatory term in the United Kingdom, used by traditional skinheads to describe punk rock-influenced skinheads
* "Bonehead", a parody of the character William Bodie in "The Professionals", and partner of Foyle in the Comic Strip films "" and "Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown".
* Another term for pachycephalosaurus, or other species similar to it.
* Bonehead (band), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post-grunge band formerly known as Familiar 48.
* "Bonehead", a children's black and white BBC TV series that lasted two seasons between 1960 and 1962.
* Paul Arthurs, former Oasis rhythm guitarist who went almost exclusively by the nickname 'Bonehead'.
* "Boneheads", an upscale fast casual restaurant featuring grilled fish and piri-piri chicken dishes. The first Boneheads [http://go2boneheads.com/bonehead-story.html] opened in Roswell, Georgia in 2005 and has since grown to eight locations including Lake Forest, CA.

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  • bonehead — one head n. a person of low intelligence; a dunce; a blockhead; used deprecatingly to express a low opinion of someone s intelligence or capabilities. Syn: dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bonehead — stupid person, 1908, from BONE (Cf. bone) + HEAD (Cf. head) (Cf. BLOCKHEAD (Cf. blockhead)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • bonehead — ► NOUN informal ▪ a stupid person …   English terms dictionary

  • bonehead — ☆ bonehead [bōn′hed΄ ] n. Slang a stupid person; fool …   English World dictionary

  • bonehead — I. noun Date: 1908 a stupid person ; numskull • boneheaded adjective • boneheadedness noun II. adjective Date: 1911 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a bonehead …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bonehead — 1. n. a stupid or stubborn person. □ You are such a bonehead when it comes to buying cars. □ Don’t be a bonehead. Cooperate! 2. AND boneheaded od. stupid; stubborn. □ Of all the bone headed things to do! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • bonehead — UK [ˈbəʊnˌhed] / US [ˈboʊnˌhed] noun [countable] Word forms bonehead : singular bonehead plural boneheads offensive a stupid person …   English dictionary

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