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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-85/
- Published: 2020-04-20T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-20T00:53:39.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

The word for today is…

chowderhead (noun) – (Slang) A person regarded as stupid; a dolt.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/chowderhead?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The derogatory chowderhead (1819) is a corruption of cholter-head (16c.), from jolt-head, which is of unknown origin.

chowder (n.)

“Thick fish soup,” 1751, American English, apparently named for the pot it was cooked in: French chaudière “a pot” (12th century), from Late Latin caldaria “cooking pot” (source of Spanish calderon, Italian calderone), from Latin calidarium “hot bath,” from calidus “warm, hot” (from PIE root \*kele- “warm”).

The word and the practice were introduced in Newfoundland by Breton fishermen and spread from there to the Maritimes and New England.

CHOWDER. A favorite dish in New England, made of fish, pork, onions, and biscuit stewed together. Cider and champagne are sometimes added. Pic-nic parties to the sea-shore generally have a dish of chowder, prepared by themselves in some grove near the beach, from fish caught at the same time. \[John Russell Bartlett, “Dictionary of Americanisms,” 1859\]

The modern form of it usually features clams. In New England, usually made with milk; the Manhattan version is made with tomatoes.

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