shit-for-brains

See also: shit for brains

English

Etymology

Canadian, from the 1950s. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪt fɚ ˌbɹeɪnz/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

Adjective

shit-for-brains (not comparable)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) Extremely stupid.

   That shit-for-brains assistant of mine lost my files again.

   • 2005, In Her Shoes (film):

     Who are you crying about, the predatory prick or the shit-for-brains tramp? Because neither one deserves your tears.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

Translations

Very stupid

• Dutch: hersenloos (nl)
• Finnish: paskapäinen
• French: bête (fr), stupide (fr), idiot (fr)
• German: saublöd (de), blöd dumm
• Italian: senza cervelli, stupido (it)
• Portuguese: sem cérebro
• Scottish Gaelic: gun eanchainn, faoin, baoth
• Spanish: descerebrado (es), subnormal (es), tonto (es)

Noun

shit-for-brains (plural shit-for-brains)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) An extremely stupid person.

   That new assistant of yours is a real shit-for-brains.

   He's another one of those shit-for-brains.

   • 2013, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, The Remake: As Time Goes By‎^[1], Untreed Reads, →ISBN:

     Call your press conferences. Organize boycotts. Sue the shit out of me. You're gonna do for free what I would have paid you for, shit-for-brains.

References

• Partridge, Dictionary of slang