concrete-head
English
Etymology
Purportedly from a calque of Japanese 頭が固い (“resistant to new ways of thinking”, literally “hard-headed”). Possibly from Taiwanese Japanese 頭コンクリート (literally “concrete-head”).
Noun
concrete-head (plural concrete-heads)
- (colloquial, humorous) A stupid person; sometimes one who is being stubborn to the point of stupidity.
- 2004 January 5, Rainy, “Does anyone know”, in alt.fan.keanu-reeves, Usenet, retrieved 2022-08-02:
- As far as I can determine, I am a bleeding heart liberal. Personally I think that's way preferable over a concrete-head conservative, if given a choice between the two.
- 2014 September 19, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Black & Orange, Bad Moon Books Digital:
- "So get dressed and stop scowling. I'll tell you about it later." He hoped that would be enough but her scowl deepened. He met it with a grin. "I regret nothing."
"Of course not, you're a concrete-head. Have you heard anything from Enrique?"
- 2016 July 7, Wesley Chu, Time Siege, Duncan Baird Publishers, →ISBN:
- It had taken his little ten year-old sister telling him to stop being a concrete-head to get him to fly across the solar system. Now, the only thing keeping him from returning to the two most important people in his life was this asshole dragging his heels.
- (management, slang) A person that is stuck in their ways; one that is unwilling to try new ideas.
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