Playful American slang for a stupid or clueless person, with the -ski suffix adding a mock-Slavic or mock-formal flair that softens the insult into something more teasing than cruel. It's the kind of word you'd throw at a friend who just locked their keys in the car or forgot a painfully obvious fact — affectionate ribbing more than genuine contempt. The -ski suffix appears in several American slang coinages as a casual intensifier or humorous marker.
I felt like a total dumbski when I showed up to the party on the wrong night and had to drive all the way back home.
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(slang, derogatory) A stupid person.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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