Euphemisms for Crazy or Lacking Brainpower

[Laurakinch]

Falkie

If he had a brain he'd take it out and play with it.

Dumb as a box of hair.

[eyenoeyeno]

all nuts and no bolts

[Albemuth]

… ain’t wrapped too tight…
…elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top…
...playing hockey with a warped puck...

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Had a Noory head transplant.
Has less firepower than Noory's smart phone.
Makes less sense than a three-headed Noory.

[Who]

His elevator doesn't go to the top floor.
She has bats in her belfry.
Lost his marbles.
He's got a screw loose.

[b_dubb]

A few fries short of a happy meal

[PChirp]

"Crazier than a shithouse rat"     Props to Bateman---this one is new to me.

[nbirnes]

Double-props, Love Swearnet. 

[The General]

Saddle in the rain.

(stolen from John Prine)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtKi_AC1Wb4

[Hautex]

How could I not start laughing when a guy told me he had  "drain bamage"... felt kinda bad for him, then absolutely had to hear his story...

[BellBoy]

Dave'd and Confused?

[Jackstar]

"fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down"

"so slow, you just want to get out and push"

"whose kid are you?"

[HairRaiser]

Not the sharpest taco on the chandelier

[ShayP]

Can't call him sunny 'cause he ain't too bright.

Dumber than a sled load of shit. 

[Camazotz Automat]

He needs more liquid in his spirit level.



(I had one of these go bad recently with an invisible microscopic leak and the spirit bubble kept growing until the level became useless.)

Maybe this is better:

His snow globe has a leak.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Dingbat
Dingie
Meathead
Knucklehead
Numbskull
Lights on, nobody's home
All foam, no beer

[Autistic Star Children]

few pennies short of a dollar

couple letters short of the alphabet

his bar is set low

glass ceiling is in the basement

Not the brightest star in the sky

off memory, this is what my mom used to say about me to her friends

[WhiteCrow]

"This is White Crow"


Ok ok it only works on the GabCast

[paladin1991]

"This is the guy from Pitzberg."

[pyewacket]

Crazy:

Mad as a Hatter
Postal
Wigged out
On Crack
Nutty as a fruitcake
screwball
out to lunch
off one's rocker
round the bend
in the ozone
half-baked

Stupid:

Chimney's Clogged
When god handed out brains, I thought he said "trains" and said "I didn't want any."
His belt doesn't go through all the loops
nincompoop
out to lunch
muttonhead
bonehead
dimwit
birdbrained

[Hautex]

His folks took a dip in the shallow end of the gene pool

[The General]

fucktard - a perennial favorite.

[The General]

As useless as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

(more an insult than a euphemism for crazy, but still one of my favorite things my dad ever said.)

[onan]

Forum member

[Hautex]

Forum member

Says the forum member....

[Jackstar]

"she was engaged to be married for 17 years"