Another way to say “fool”

The clown emoji 🤡. Used to call yourself (or someone else) an idiot, usually for falling for something obvious or wasting effort. "Waited 3 hours for a text that never came 🤡." Self-applied clowns are funnier than assigned ones — they're an apology in emoji form.

Crude but widely understood slang for masturbation. 'Jerk it' is a blunt, informal expression that's been common in American English for decades. It shows up in everything from stand-up comedy to song lyrics to internet culture. While definitely NSFW, it's so mainstream that most people know exactly what it means without any context. Sometimes used figuratively to tell someone they're wasting time on something pointless or self-indulgent.

Maffling is an old English dialect word for a simpleton — someone who's a bit muddled, slow, or easily confused. The word has a soft, bumbling quality that fits its meaning perfectly. It comes from parts of northern and midland England and has mostly faded from use, but it retains a certain charm as a mild and almost affectionate insult.

The idiot's lantern is a wonderfully snarky old British nickname for the television — the glowing box in the corner that keeps millions staring slack-jawed for hours. It captured the mid-20th century suspicion that TV was rotting people's brains long before smartphones took the blame. Still gets dusted off sarcastically when someone wants to take a swipe at binge culture.

A fool, simpleton.

An obnoxious or contemptible person; a crybaby.

A very stupid person.

A stupid person.

Any annoying or contemptible person.

(slang) An ungainly, dull or stupid person; someone who is lazy, disrespectful and/or whose beliefs and philosophies clash with those of another.

(slang, Australia, New Zealand) An idiot.

(slang, derogatory) : a term of insult.

(vulgar, slang) A contemptible person; a fool.

(slang, derogatory) A proponent of intelligent design.

(slang) A foolish or stupid person.

(slang, Southern England, especially Portsmouth) A fool.

(Internet slang, incel slang) To use comedic antics or humor as a way to attract attention, especially female attention, in a misguided or foolish manner.

(slang, derogatory, uncommon) An airhead; a foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

(Singapore) ; foolish.

(South Africa, slang) A fool; a buffoon.

(Canada) The string that connects a pair of idiot mittens.

(US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.

(African-American Vernacular English) dumb; stupid.

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A stupid person; an idiot.

(UK, neologism, vulgar, informal, derogatory) A stupid or contemptible person.

(UK, regional) A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.

(UK, colloquial) daft, foolish.

(UK, regional) Daft; foolish.

(Britain, dialectal, obsolete) A foolish oaf.

(synecdochically) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.

(North America, slang, derogatory) A bad or stupid person; bastard.

(North America, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious person; a jerk.

(automotive, slang) Any warning light or indicator on the dashboard of a car, designed to alert the driver to problems, such as the parking brake being on or the oil being low.

(US, idiomatic, derogatory, dated, _, slang) A fool, a chump, a target for jiving.

(chiefly, _, US, slang, informal) A foolish or amusingly silly person; a goofball; a goober.

(chiefly, British, slang, humorous) The national lottery.

(British, slang) A dimwit or idiot.

(neologism, slang, North America) An idiot or jerk; a general-purpose moderate insult.

(North America, sometimes, vulgar, slang, humorous) A despicable person.

(AU, slang) To make a foolish fuss.