lughead

lughead

slang A bumbling, foolish person, especially a man. Sometimes used endearingly. A: "Jonathan said he'd handle getting the servers up and running again." B: "That lughead couldn't fix a server if his life depended on it!" Ah, come here and give me a hug, you big lughead!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lughead

n. a stupid person. (Also a term of address.) Hey, lughead! Watch where you are going.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • lug
  • lummox
  • lummux
  • lommix
  • musclehead
  • meathead
  • jack-off
  • schmendrick
  • shmendrick
  • kluck
References in periodicals archive
Camilleri surrounds Montalbano with a motley cast of recurring characters, among them: Free Channel newscaster Nicolo Zito, whose leftist politics are simpatico with the inspector's; lughead Catarella, who mangles every crucial communication meant for Montalbano; and informer Gege, who manages The Pasture, a sort of open-air bordello where tricks are turned and drugs are dealt under cover of night.
"The cost of manufacturing ladders increased after some lughead tried to balance on the very top of the ladder carrying two cans of paint," her statement read.
being run and populated by morons and lugheads 500 years from now doesn't seem that far off given our current circumstances, which is why Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" is absolutely a satire for its time.