Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cuckoo head
English answer:
cuckoo head:someone who is not quite with it, nutty, silly, crazy. Kid's talk.
Added to glossary by
Gayle Wallimann
Feb 5, 2003 09:12
22 yrs ago
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English term
cuckoo head
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English
Art/Literary
what does it means when a person call someone "cuckoo head"
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| 5 +7 | cuckoo head |
Gayle Wallimann
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| 5 | an insane or foolish person |
VERTERE
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| 4 | air head |
jerrie
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Gayle Wallimann
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American in Provence
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
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cuckoo head
It means that the person is silly, stupid, not quite with it. The person probably doesn't reason very well. It's not a very harsh insult. Little kids use it.
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Note added at 2003-02-05 09:16:57 (GMT)
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The cuckoo bird is referred to as a silly bird because it doesn\'t really do much for itself. It uses other bird\'s nests, so some think that it doesn\'t even know how to build its own nest.
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Note added at 2003-02-05 09:16:57 (GMT)
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The cuckoo bird is referred to as a silly bird because it doesn\'t really do much for itself. It uses other bird\'s nests, so some think that it doesn\'t even know how to build its own nest.
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an insane or foolish person
an insane or foolish person (Collins dictionary)
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Rowson (X)
: You don´t want to trust dictionaries so much, this really isn´t right. Gayle is much more on the point.
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| neutral |
Gayle Wallimann
: insane is extremely strong for the expression. Wow! Is Collins the same as Robert & Collins?
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air head
To 'live on cloud cuckoo land' is to live in a dream world / not have too much of grip on reality / away with the fairies.
Dreamer / airhead / etc
Dreamer / airhead / etc
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