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lunkhead

[luhngk-hed] / ˈlʌŋkˌhɛd /










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“Lucky there’s a family guy,” a chorus of friends, neighbors and relatives sing about the lunkhead Peter Griffin in the razzle-dazzle opening of each episode of “Family Guy” — more than 400 and counting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The Chevy’s somewhat jockish, lunkhead vibe was easy to lampoon, notably in the Dead Milkmen’s tart 1984 song, “Bitchin’ Camaro.”

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Perrotta, who wrote the novel the series is based on as well as the pilot script, never specifies how Brendan becomes the lunkhead that he is.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2019

Not So Proud Papa Our son is an unmotivated lunkhead.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2012

Ike, you lunkhead," he said to his nephew, "I told the colonel to set, but we did'nt give him anythin' to set on.

From The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)




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