fuggheaded

English

Adjective

fuggheaded (comparative more fuggheaded, superlative most fuggheaded)

1. (dated, fandom slang, minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckheaded.
   • 1950 March, Francis Towner Towner Laney, “Fanzine Scope”, in Spacewarp‎, number 36, pages 10–17:

     COVENTRY, "publication of the Society for the Investigation of Unusual Phenomena", is fuggheadedly Fortean or Forteanly fuggheaded -- take your choice. The Fortean reader will take it all in stride. Others will alternately shake their heads and guffaw.

   • 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II‎, Carl Joshua Brandon:

     Carl even established a false identity for himself (!!) as "Norman Sanfield Harris" a sercon-fuggheaded type.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “fuggheaded”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 69–70.
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “fuggheaded adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.