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Subject: Re: I don't understand English slang

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 12:49:31 03/24/01

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On March 24, 2001 at 12:53:10, Jay Rinde wrote:

>dickhead  noun [C] TABOO SLANG
>  a stupid person
>  You dickhead - you've dented the back of my car!
>                                                  ( Cambridge International
>Dictionary of English )
>
>I looked it up in a Large American Dictionary, and the worst definition I got
>was a foolish person.  I don't understand what all the ccc people are gagging
>about.  A dickhead can be a stupid or a foolish person.  It might not be good to
>call some one foolish or stupid, but I've been called worse on ccc and no one
>objected.

Something that means about the same thing but is more widely acceptable is
"Bonehead".
Jim



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