lunkhead
Americannoun
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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
Heavy metal lunkhead locks horns with grunge gloomster, with undignified results.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2020
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
“I was sure of at least two of ’em; and that lunkhead of a dog must needs dash in and scare ’em up.
From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by W. A. (William Allen) Rogers
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