knucklehead
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"I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
“I’m a knucklehead sometimes,” he said as he stumbled to explain his claim to being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
“If Twitter becomes the go-to platform for the knucklehead brigade, advertisers will run, not walk.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Devin Allen admits that he occasionally behaved like a knucklehead, growing up in Baltimore.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Dad raised his head and said, “Why are you asking how it happened? Can’t you tell, Wilona? This little knucklehead was kissing his reflection in the mirror and got his Ups stuck!”
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
He has five close childhood friends he affectionately calls knuckleheads, although a couple are doctors and one is an atomic physicist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
They espouse pithy jokes and playful warnings, like, “To all you knuckleheads, do not talk to me while I’m cooking,” and, “Your portion depends on your attitude, I mean it!”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
I inched along Whittier Boulevard toward the new, much ballyhooed 6th Street Viaduct, which, stunning as its arches are, looks like a public health hazard, its gentle curves practically inviting daredevil knuckleheads to climb it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
When some within government are describing others within government to me as "knuckleheads", you can be confident there's lively debate internally about how to manage this.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
We watch them go, hear Cousin Dorothy say, Don't you knuckleheads get into trouble out there.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
