English
Etymology
From chowder + head. One might be a chowder-head if one doesn't use one's brains effectively, which would give others the opinion that one has clam-chowder for brains.
Alternative spellings
chowder head
chowder-head
Noun
en-noun
- context|US|colloquial|pejorative An idiot; a dummy.
#: Did you seriously think that was gonna work? You magnificent chowderhead! I saw that coming miles away!
Quotations
1943: (published 1990) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Paul Fussell ed.), The Norton Book of Modern War 1
:Something has happened to Squadron Air Mail-none has come in for the last two weeks. Some chowder-head sent it to the wrong island.
2003: Thomas Petchel, Java 2 Game Programming 2
:Now when you run the program, you should get output similar to the following: Attempt to access array out of bounds, chowderhead!
2003: Kay Rizzo, Bells and Whistles 3
:"And she called me a chowder head!" The boy's eyes flashed with anger.
:Mr. Mays held Elizabeth at arm's length. "Is that true? Did you call your brother a chowder head?"
Synonyms
dunce
dumbo
pea brain
ru:chowderhead
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