bobblehead

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Etymology

From bobble +‎ head. Sense 3 derives from a common gesture found in South Asian cultures, most notably in India.

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bobblehead (plural bobbleheads)

  1. A collectible doll with a bobbing head.
  2. (figurative, derogatory) A thoughtless person.
    • 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences.
    • 2025 February 25, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN:
      Will Trump and his G.O.P. bobbleheads ever wake up to that? Maybe — when it’s too late.
  3. (slang, derogatory, offensive, uncommon, ethnic slur) An Indian.

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