scathead

English

Etymology

From scat +‎ -head.

Noun

scathead (plural scatheads)

  1. (derogatory) Synonym of shithead.
    • 1983 May 16, J[oseph] Neil Schulman, chapter 7 [Indigo ♭—4275Å], in The Rainbow Cadenza: A Novel in Logosata Form, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, section II (λ 4200Å to 4500Å), page 69:
      “You stupid penis,” she started in on Mr. McIntosh with her service vocabulary. She was almost crying now. “You utterly dumbjohn scathead.”
    • 2009, Paul Flentge, chapter 12, in Path of the Wolf, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 126:
      “That scathead’s going to get us killed,” Bull growled in nearly a whisper.
    • 2013, Steve Perry, chapter 2, in The Vastalimi Gambit (Cutter’s Wars; 2), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, published January 2014, →ISBN, page 23:
      Such a pleasure it would be to kill him. What a scathead he was.
    • 2020, Tristan Palmgren, “Chicago, Now”, in Domino: Strays (Marvel Heroines), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 13:
      The hardest part […] is finding someone […] 4) not a total scathead.
    • 2022, E. M. Rensing, chapter 1, in The Lighthouse of Kuiper (The Heliosphere Trilogy; 1), →ISBN, book 1 (4Vesta):
      “Arrogant little scathead,” Olin muttered under his breath, examining one of the frames, […]
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