shithead

English

Alternative forms

shathead, shitehead
s**thead (censored)
shith**d (incorrectly censored)

Etymology

shit +‎ -head

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪt.hɛd/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

shithead (countable and uncountable, plural shitheads)

(derogatory, slang, vulgar) A stupid or contemptible person.
Unfortunately Todd is a dummy, but what's worse is that Harvey is a shithead.
- 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
  He goes, The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them—listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen.
(uncountable, vulgar, card games) A card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards.

Related terms

shitbag

Translations

stupid or contemptible person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 腦殘／脑残 (zh) (nǎocán), 傻屄 (zh) (shǎbī)
Danish: skiderik c
Egyptian:

(mḥsḥs)
Esperanto: fekulo (eo)
Finnish: paskapää (fi), paskiainen (fi)
French: enfoiré (fr) m, enculé (fr) m
German: Scheißkopf m, Arschloch (de) n, Arsch (de) m, Scheißkerl (de) m, Scheißer (de) m
Indonesian: bedebah (id), brengsek (id), keparat (id)
Italian: testa di merda, testa di cazzo f
Japanese: 糞垂れ (kusotare, kusottare)
Macedonian: гомнар m (gomnar)
Polish: gówniarz (pl) m, gówniara (pl) f
Portuguese: cabeça de merda m or f
Russian: говню́к (ru) m (govnjúk), хуйло́ (ru) n (xujló), муда́к (ru) m (mudák), уёбок (ru) m (ujóbok), уёбище n (ujóbišče), долбоёб m (dolbojób)
Spanish: cagón (es) m, cabeza de mierda m or f
Swedish: skitskalle (sv) c

card game

Finnish: china hand
French: kilo de merde (fr) m, paquet de merde m, tas de merde m (Switzerland)
German: Arschlöcheln n (Switzterland)
Alemannic German: Arschlöchle n
Swedish: vändtia (sv) c

See also

shitheaded

Further reading

Jonathon Green (2023), “shithead n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang

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