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numbnuts en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈnʌmnʌts/

Etymology

From numb + nuts.

Meanings

1. (US, derogatory, humorous, often, slang, sometimes, term-of-address) A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).
   • Tell numbnuts over there to wake up and pay attention to his work.
   • What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child? 1987, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey):
   • And White House officials, using official government accounts, seem to be in a pit-bull contest to be the nastiest on any given day, upbraiding anyone perceived to be an adversary: “Total hack and loser.” “Wrong again, numbnuts.” 2026 March 16, Peter Baker, “In Choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump Names a War and Defines His Presidency”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

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