dirtbrain en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From dirt + brain.
Meanings
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A person of low intelligence.
Don't go there, dirtbrain.
2000 June 14, Suzanne Brockmann, The Unsung Hero, Ballantine Books, →ISBN:'You won't break me, dirtbrain,' Ranguvar yelled as she was being dragged off.
1999, Brian Jacques, The Legend of Luke, Random House, →ISBN:Bastian, dear, it hurts me to say this, but as the world gets smaller, so to speak, it gets easier and easier for dirtbrains to get ideas that they might never have thought of on their own.
2002 April 27, firedancerflash, “OT: You all pray four us”, in alt.smokers.pipes (Usenet):What kind of word is that, you dirtbrain?"
2003, John McNally, Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories, SIU Press, →ISBN, page 96:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dirtbrains | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
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