fathead:
(plural: ‘fatheads‘; pronunciation: ‘fat…head’)
a fool;
a stupid person,
e.g.
Little Andrew is a real fathead; he can’t figure out simple common things, for example, when you ask him to fetch a glass of water, be fetches a bowl of water!
A man in the street has to put up with several kinds of fatheads, like political fatheads, official fatheads and cultural fatheads and religious fatheads, and has no time to wonder what kind of a fathead he is.
Though there is much insult attached to this word ‘fathead’, there are still some business fatheads who can make money using this word as their brand name. For example, the ‘Fathead’ wall papers and the ‘Fathead’ music band.
For a blog post that discusses the political fatheads in the States and the UK, please click here and for a political article in which we see a new phrase being coined for our senseless politicians ‘Fat Jacks’ from the two insulting words ‘fatheads’ and ‘jackasses’, please click here, For an advertisement that has the brand name ‘fathead’, please click here and for an article that talks about the founder of ‘Fathead’, a music band, that shows us how we come across this word, in contexts other than in its original meaning, please click here.
Note: A ‘fathead minnow‘ or just ‘fathead’, is a kind of fresh water fish found mostly in North America. For an interesting article on fathead minnows, please click here.
