knobhead

[parriparri]

Term: Knob head
Your definition or explanation:British offensive slang term used as a variant of "Dick Head" to describe an obnoxious person or someone who has acted in a peculiar and/or ludicrous manner


Example: He's just a big knobhead with no knob" (Bridget Jones's diary talking about her best friend's boyfriend)


One or more places you have seen the term: (Please give URLs/links to web pages, or a full description of a print publication.)


Have you looked for this term or meaning in dictionaries, and not found it? Yes

 

[ewie]

This one's been around for decades, Parri:

knobhead/knobknot n. [1920s>] (orig. US) a stupid person (cf. KNOB-END)

~Cassells Dictionary of Slang
Also at dictionary.com.

I've been hearing/using it myself since the 1970s.

 

[parriparri]

of course yes! But I wasn't able to find "knobhead" in wordreference dictionary and I decided to add it. Have I chose the wrong part of the forum?

 

[ewie]

of course yes! But I wasn't able to find "knobhead" in wordreference dictionary and I decided to add it. Have I chose the wrong part of the forum?

I'll get back to you about this later