halfwit

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halfwit

/ˈhæf.wɪt/
/ˈhɑːf.wɪt/

noun halfwits · half-wit

informal Someone lacking in intelligence. It has been pointed out in this space before that a number of the titles you'll find shelved under self-help in your local bookshop are, on closer examination, farragos of wooden-headed tripe, written by mountebanks and halfwits.
Similar: fuckwit, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain

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@misc{halfwit_2026,
  title = {halfwit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/halfwit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}