concrete-head
A stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidityA stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial, humorous)A stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.
(slang)A person who is stuck in their ways; one who is unwilling to try new ideas.
Origin
Purportedly from a calque from Japanese 頭(あたま)が固(かた)い (atama ga katai, “resistant to new wPurportedly from a calque from Japanese 頭(あたま)が固(かた)い (atama ga katai, “resistant to new ways of thinking”, literally “having a hard head”). Possibly originally from unattested Taiwanese Japanese *頭(あたま)コンクリート (atama konkurīto, literally “concrete-head”), which can be reconstructed from the phonetic borrowing of Taiwanese Mandarin 阿達馬孔固力／阿达马孔固力 (ādámǎ kǒnggùlì, “concrete-head”).
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Forms
plural: concrete-heads| Singular | concrete-head |
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See also
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