as in idiot
a stupid person
that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it
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Recent Examples of loggerhead
Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a front flipper, has been released from a Florida animal hospital back into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 6 June 2025
In the meantime, Ter Stegen will reportedly lose the armband previously donned by the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in recent times while at loggerheads with the club.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is at loggerheads with the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the upstart Taiwan People’s Party over everything from the defense budget to the basic functions of how the Taiwanese government should work.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Wildlife, from endangered loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles to manatees is abundant.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
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Alana Wise, NPR, 6 June 2025
In the meantime, Ter Stegen will reportedly lose the armband previously donned by the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in recent times while at loggerheads with the club.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is at loggerheads with the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the upstart Taiwan People’s Party over everything from the defense budget to the basic functions of how the Taiwanese government should work.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Wildlife, from endangered loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles to manatees is abundant.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loggerhead
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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So Bull does what any sensible, testicle-loving mutt would do.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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The phrase has become shorthand for a kind of national inferiority syndrome—a sense that Brazil, despite its grand ambitions and global flair, thinks of itself as a mutt trying to hang with pedigrees.—
Shannon Sims,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Apex predators seldom just drop dead, so an explanation was needed when the carcass of a seemingly healthy 11-foot, 4-inch great hammerhead shark was discovered off southeast Florida.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, great hammerhead sharks are common sharks that inhabit the open ocean and the shallow coastal waters of both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.—
Diana Kruzman,
USA TODAY,
6 July 2017
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“Loggerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggerhead. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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