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1. • • The chowder in chowderhead is neither New England nor Manhattan (though one could speculate that a chowderhead has either type of clam chowder for brains). Chowderhead is a mispronunciation of jolterhead, a derivative of the 16th-century insult jolt head.
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   Is Chowderhead a jolterhead?

   • Chowderhead is a mispronunciation of jolterhead, a derivative of the 16th-century insult jolt head. Before being extended to a thickheaded person (i.e., a blockhead), the term jolt head was used literally for a large, heavy head.

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   Did you know Chowderhead is New England?

   • Did you know? The chowder in chowderhead is neither New England nor Manhattan (though one could speculate that a chowderhead has either type of clam chowder for brains). Chowderhead is a mispronunciation of jolterhead, a derivative of the 16th-century insult jolt head.

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   What does Chowderhead mean?

   • Chowderhead is a term used to refer to a stupid person. (Farlex Dictionary of Idioms, © 2015 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.) McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions adds, "Want to thank TFD for its existence?" (Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.)

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   What is the etymology of Jolt head?

   • The etymology of jolt head is obscure; the term is likely connected somehow to the jolt that means "an abrupt jerky blow or movement," but the exact nature of the connection is not known. alteration of dialect jolterhead blockhead

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   Oct 2, 2002 · Actually, this 'chowderhead' is a variation of 'cholterhead,' which in turn was originally 'jolterhead' - a term much used in Shakespeare's time but now completely obsolete. A 'jolterhead,' as you might guess, was simply a stupid dolt, a blockhead."

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   Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved.

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   The chowder in chowderhead is neither New England nor Manhattan (though one could speculate that a chowderhead has either type of clam chowder for brains). Chowderhead is a mispronunciation of jolterhead, a derivative of the 16th-century insult jolt head.

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   "Chowderhead" is not related to clam chowder, but is a variation of "jolterhead," used in the 16th century to mean "idiot."

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   The earliest known use of the noun chowderhead is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for chowderhead is from 1833, in the writing of John Neal, author and women's rights activist. chowderhead is formed within English, by compounding.

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   chowderhead: …Origin & history probably from a variant of jolterhead‎ Noun chowderhead (pl. chowderheads) (US, informal, pejorative) An idiot; a dummy. Did you seriously think…

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › chowderheadCHOWDERHEAD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   [1825–35; cf. Brit. dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phon. var. of cholterhead, dial. var. of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equiv. to jolt-, jolter- (prob. akin to jolt, but sense uncert.) + head] This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35.