A foolish or stupid person, or someone who acts silly; also a comic book character name.
Compound of 'jug' (slang for head or a foolish person) and 'head,' emphasizing someone who is thickheaded or not very intelligent. Common in early 20th-century American slang.
The Jughead character from Archie Comics became so iconic that the original slang insult is now almost completely forgotten—the comic book character outlived the mean-spirited word that created him.
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