shitheadとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

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

語源

From shit +‎ head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃɪt.hɛd/

名詞

shithead (countable and uncountable, plural shitheads) (vulgar)

1. (countable, derogatory, offensive, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.

   Synonyms: shitbag, shit stain; see also Category:English shitgibbons; see also Thesaurus:jerk

   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.

   • 1987, Bad Taste, spoken by Derek:

     Suck my spinning steel, shithead!

2. (uncountable, card games) A card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards.
3. (countable, slang) A person who uses the drug cannabis.
   • 2019, Thomas Harper, Incarnate: Essence, page 310:

     Reynolds tensed his jaw, “we have a lot less shitheads in the LoC than they do over here. You wanna know why? Cuz it's all legal. We got farmers growin' marijuana. Poppies. Coca. Instead of shitheads we got cokeheads and dope heads. […]

派生語

参考

• shitheaded
• shit for brains

参照

• (cannabis user): Tony Thorne (2014), “shithead”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

Further reading

• “shithead n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present