Meathead and Screwball

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Meathead noun - A stupid person.

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Screwball and meathead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Screwball" instead a noun "Meathead".

Screwball noun - A person of odd or whimsical habits.

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Meathead and screwball are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Meathead" instead a noun "Screwball".

Nearby Word: screw

In their debut cartoon, Screwball Squirrel, Screwy gets Meathead riled up by calling him yellow for choosing to chase birds instead of squirrels.

Source: Western Animation / Tex Avery MGM Cartoons
Iris Out: Meathead concedes defeat and asks for "Screwball Squirrel" to end, but Screwy holds back the iris and convinces him to go for one last shot a la hide-and-seek.

Source: Western Animation / Tex Avery MGM Cartoons
Occasionally used in Tex Avery's MGM cartoons, most notably in the cartoon "The Screwball Squirrel" in which at the end Screwy, Meathead, and their twins attack Sammy Squirrel for interrupting the cartoon.

Source: Big Ball of Violence

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