mushhead

mushhead

slang A foolish, idiotic person; someone lacking basic intelligence or common sense. Why they hired a mushhead like him to look after the accounts is beyond me! Oh God, look what I did—I've been such a mushhead today!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

mushhead

n. a stupid person. Oh, good grief, I’m such a mushhead!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ain't got a grain of sense
  • ain't got a lick of sense
  • puddinghead
  • head the ball
  • ain't got the sense God gave geese
  • putty head
  • puttyhead
  • ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel
  • puddingheaded
  • meshuggeneh
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Rush Limbaugh: "The show is devoted exclusively to what I think...callers are not allowed to read someone else's opinion, or even their own." "I'll tell you not only what happened over the weekend that was of any importance [an unbiased example, of course] but as an added bonus, I'll tell you what to think about it as well." "In fact I want people to think for themselves and not believe everything they hear or read...except what I say or write." "Those scientists" and "those mushhead college students" are of little importance to Dr.
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After all, he was reputed to have the talents only of a goodwill peddler, a go-along-get-along sort of mushhead. As one of his friendlier critics said, Gray had the attention span of a doorknob.
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