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bonehead

[bohn-hed] / ˈboʊnˌhɛd /


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Long story short, there are still evidently a lot of people around Pete Hegseth who think he is a big-league bonehead and would like everyone else to know it too.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025

They didn’t fire Staley after his first bonehead fourth-down call months ago or they didn’t fire him as, Richard Sherman suggested, at halftime last night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023

The Seahawks took a 17-16 lead into the half thanks to a bonehead play by Niners safety Jimmie Ward.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

When you make as many errors as I did, punishing yourself over a bonehead response is like a baseball team saying, "We would have won if the other team hadn't hit all those home runs."

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022

“Yeah, and there might be enough to go around for once, without this bonehead hogging the butter and syrup.”

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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