scathead

plural scatheads

1. derogatorySynonym of shithead.

   Such a pleasure it would be to kill him. What a scathead he was.

   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

   4 more examples

   “You stupid penis,” she started in on Mr. McIntosh with her service vocabulary. She was almost crying now. “You utterly dumbjohn scathead.”

   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

   “That scathead’s going to get us killed,” Bull growled in nearly a whisper.

   2009, Paul Flentge, chapter 12, in Path of the Wolf, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 126

   The hardest part […] is finding someone […] 4) not a total scathead.

   2020, Tristan Palmgren, “Chicago, Now”, in Domino: Strays (Marvel Heroines), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 13

   “Arrogant little scathead,” Olin muttered under his breath, examining one of the frames, […]

   2022, E. M. Rensing, chapter 1, in The Lighthouse of Kuiper (The Heliosphere Trilogy; 1), →ISBN, book 1 (4Vesta)

   Synonyms: shithead