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concrete-head

concrete-head noun: a stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.

Noun

concrete-head (plural concrete-heads)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) A stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.
    • As far as I can determine, I am a bleeding heart liberal. Personally I think that's way preferable over a concrete-head conservative, if given a choice between the two.2004 January 5, Rainy, “Does anyone know”, in alt.fan.keanu-reeves (Usenet), retrieved 02 Aug 2022
    • "So get dressed and stop scowling. I'll tell you about it later." He hoped that would be enough but her scowl deepened. He met it with a grin. "I regret nothing."
      "Of course not, you're a concrete-head. Have you heard anything from Enrique?"2014 September 19, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Black & Orange, Bad Moon Books Digital
  2. (slang) A person who is stuck in their ways; one who is unwilling to try new ideas.

Forms of concrete-head

pluralconcrete-heads

Origin of concrete-head

Purportedly from a calque from Japanese 頭(あたま)が固(かた)い (atama ga katai, “resistant to new ways of thinking”, literally “having a hard head”). Possibly originally from unattested Taiwanese Japanese *頭(あたま)コンクリート (atama konkurīto, literally “concrete-head”), which can be reconstructed from the phonetic borrowing of Taiwanese Mandarin 阿達馬孔固力／阿达马孔固力 (ādámǎ kǒnggùlì, “concrete-head”).

Questions about concrete-head

What does concrete-head mean?
Concrete-head means a stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.
What part of speech is concrete-head?
Concrete-head is a noun.
What is the plural of concrete-head?
The plural of concrete-head is concrete-heads.

Words near concrete-head in the dictionary

  1. concrete shoes
  2. concrete term
  3. concrete terms
  4. concrete verb
  5. concrete verbs
  6. concrete-head
  7. concrete-heads
  8. concreted
  9. concreteless
  10. concretely
  11. concreteness

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