lamebrain

lamebrain
n, adj
(a person who is) dim-witted. Lame has been used to mean feeble or weak in colloquial speech throughout the anglo-phone community. This compound form was coined in the 1960s in the USA, whence it spread in the 1970s.
► '"English people don't expect high stand-ards because they don't know how to go out and eat in restaurants", scolds Payton. "We're also lamebrains when it comes to going to the cinema".' (Evening Standard magazine, May 1989)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • lamebrain — [lām′brān΄] n. Informal a slow witted or stupid person; dolt; numskull lamebrained adj …   English World dictionary

  • lamebrain — UK [ˈleɪmˌbreɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms lamebrain : singular lamebrain plural lamebrains mainly American informal a stupid person …   English dictionary

  • lamebrain — AND lame brain 1. n. a fool. □ Please don’t call me a lamebrain. I do my best. □ What a lame brain! She put scallops in scalloped potatoes! 2. AND lamebrained mod. foolish. □ No more of your lamebrain ideas! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • lamebrain — noun Date: 1944 a dull witted person ; dolt • lamebrain or lamebrained adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lamebrain — noun A fool. You lamebrain! How could you do something so stupid? …   Wiktionary

  • lamebrain — foolish person, slow thinker, dipstick, jerk, dork    Don t wait for his suggestion. He s a lamebrain …   English idioms

  • lamebrain — noun (C) AmE informal a stupid person: Don t do it that way, lamebrain; you ll break it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lamebrain — lamebrained, adj. /laym brayn /, n. Informal. a dunce; booby; fool. [1925 30; LAME1 + BRAIN] * * * …   Universalium

  • lamebrain — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, block, clod, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, gowk, jobbernowl, lackwit, lightweight, looby, loon, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, put, stupid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lamebrain — lame|brain [ leım,breın ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL a stupid person …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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