chowderhead

[ chou-der-hed ]

noun

1. Slang. a stupid person; blockhead.

Other Words From

• chowder·headed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chowderhead¹

1825–35; compare British dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phonetic variant of cholterhead, dialectal variant of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equivalent to jolt-, jolter- (probably akin to jolt, but sense uncertain) + head

Example Sentences

I spoke to one such chowderhead, 37-year-old Boston attorney Nathaniel Adams, about what it’s like to root for a team that much of the rest of the country is sick of—and whether there are diminishing returns on the joy of victory when victory is all you know.

From Slate

Theoretically your club can make any rule it wants, but your friend is what we in the trade call "misinformed" or "a chowderhead."

From Golf Digest

Yet you mistake Paul Chowder for a lightweight — a chowderhead? — at your peril.

From New York Times

Buhner: I'll never forget a girl jumping onto the field in Boston — coming up to me and giving me a hug and says, "I just want you know, you're really not a chowderhead like all the fans are saying."

From Seattle Times

Out of these things, and many more, is woven the warp and wool of my childhood memory: the dappled sunlight on the great lawns of Chowderhead, our summer estate at Newport, the bitter-sweet fragrance of stranded eels at low tide, the alcoholic breath of a clubman wafted on the breeze from Bailey's Beach.

From Time Magazine Archive