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nugget
noun- a fool, an idiot, especially if prone to violent behaviour or mentally handicapped US, 1990
Figurative use of “nugget” (a lump) for “the head”. - “Am I binned?” I said pitifully, remembering how I’d cocked up in the jungle with him. “No, you nugget, Get back on the helicopter[.]” — Andy McNab, Immediate Action, p. 117, 1995
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 81, 1996
- Nuggets are your bog-standard headcase. — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 56, 2000
- a new, inexperienced soldier or pilot US, 1966
- “I hope I don’t get a nugget.” A nugget was a new man on his first tour of duty. — Stephen Coonts, Flight of the Intruder, p. 121, 1986
- Thus, “Frogman” became his nickname as a nugget pilot in the fleet. — Joe Weber, Defcon One, p. 21, 1989
- As a rookie or “nugget,” Ruliffson felt conspicuous and apprehensive. — Robert K. Wilcox, Scream of Eagles, p. 29, 1990
- Welch looked at Andrews and, beaming, said, “A couple of nugget jaygees! How about that, Sam?” — Gerry Carroll, North S*A*R, p. 58, 1991
- an attractive girl US, 1998
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, Fall 1998
- a young enthusiast of heavy metal music US
- — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!, p. 110, 1983
- an amphetamine tablet US
- — US Department of Justice, Street Terms, August 1994
- a piece of crack cocaine US
- — US Department of Justice, Street Terms, October 1994
- a one-pound coin UK, 2002
Prison slang, current February 2002.
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