GULLIBILITY, GULLIBLE
ADJECTIVES
► BOOF-HEADED gullible; foolish; stupid → c1930 Aust. sl.
► BUBBLEABLE capable of being duped, gullible → 1669 obs.
► CABBAGE-LOOKING silly-looking; naive, gullible → 1895
► CHUMP stupid, gullible → 20C sl.
► CHUMP-ASS stupid, gullible → 20C sl.
► CHUMPISH stupid, gullible → 20C sl.
► CHUMPY naive, gullible → 1891 US sl.
► CHUPID gullible, ignorant → 1869 W. Indies
► CHUPIDEE gullible, ignorant, stupid → 1978 W. Indies
► CLEVER agreeable but somewhat simple-minded; gullible → 1781 Amer. dial.
► CULLIBLE easily made a fool of or deceived; gullible → 1822 obs.
► EASY easily taken advantage of or imposed upon; gullible ..1698
► HUMBUGGABLE capable of being humbugged, gullible → 1819
► IMPOSABLE capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable → a1734
► NEW naive and gullible → 1896 US sl.
► SIMPY foolish, gullible → 1940s sl.
► SWINDLEABLE vulnerable to being defrauded or swindled; gullible → a1876
► VERDANT of persons: green, inexperienced, gullible → 1824
NOUNS
► CULLIBILITY gullibility → 1728 obs.
► VERDURE signs of gullibility → 1861
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABRAM a gullible fool; a cuckold → 1639 UK sl.
► AIREDALE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ALVIN a gullible fellow, esp. a countryman; a naive, easily cheated person → 1942-49 Amer. carnival usage
► APSAY a gullible person; a dupe; an oaf, a dullard → 1942 Amer. Pig Latin for ‘sap’ (Bk.)
► ARBUCKLE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BABE IN ARMS a naive or gullible person → 1999 (Bk.)
► BABE IN THE WOODS a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BATTERLASH a small-witted person; a foolish or gullible person → 1867 Eng. dial.
► BATTY WAX a stupid, gullible person → 1996 W. Indies
► BELIEVER a gullible person who will believe whatever they are told → 1925 US sl.
► BISCUIT a gullible person → 1989 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOB a gullible person; a dupe → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOFHEAD a fool; a very gullible person → c1930 Aust. sl.
► BUSH BUNNY a gullible fool → 1930s Aust. sl.
► BUZZARD a gullible and ignorant person → 14C sl.
► CASPAR a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHUMP a fool; anyone gullible or easily taken in ..1682 sl.
► CHUMPIE a fool; anyone gullible or easily taken in ..L19 sl.
► CHUMPKIN a fool; anyone gullible or easily taken in → 1901 sl.
► CHUPA a sucker; a gullible or easily deceived person; often used affectionately → 1996 US students’ sl.
► CHUPIDEE ► CHUPIDDY ► CHUPIDIE ► CHUPIDY a gullible, ignorant fool → 20C W. Indies sl.
► CINCH a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLAY PIGEON a gullible person → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CLUCK a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLUNK ► CLUNKS a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME-ON TYPE, THE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COUNTRY BOOBOO a naive, gullible person → 1996 British Virgin Islands
► CULL a dupe, a gullible person; a silly fellow, a simpleton, a fool; a man, a fellow, a chap → 1698 Eng. dial. & sl.
► DAISY one who is credulous or gullible → M19 US students’ sl.
► DIZZY FLAT a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRY-LAND SUCKER a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DUCK an unrelentingly gullible and trusting person; an odd person → 1848 US prison sl.
► DUCK SOUP a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DUMB OTIG a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EASY a soft or gullible person; an easy mark → 1903 US sl.
► EASY MARK someone or something overcome, mastered, or persuaded without difficulty; a gullible person; anything achieved with ease → 1845 sl.
► EASY MONEY a gullible person → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► EASY PICKIN’S a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EASY TOUCH one who can be easily solicited for money or favours; a gullible person, esp. someone easily induced to part with money → 1930s sl.
► FALL GUY a gullible person → 1906 sl., orig. US
► FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk → 1900 Amer. dial.
► FLATTY a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FLY-FLAT a gullible person who thinks himself clever → 1864 criminals’ sl.
► FOOZLE a conservative, one who is behind the times; a gullible fool → M19 sl.
► FRUIT a gullible person; a dupe → 1894 sl., orig. US
► FUZZTAIL a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GAGGEE one who is imposed on by another; a gullible person → 1819
► GAUM ► GAWM a painfully stupid or gullible person; a fool; a simpleton; a lout → 1837 sl., orig. Irish
► GAWMOGE a painfully stupid or gullible person; a fool → 1910 Ireland English (Bk.)
► GAY a gullible victim, i.e. of a swindler; a dupe, a sucker; a ‘civilian’ ..1920 criminals’ sl.
► GAYLO a gullible victim, i.e. of a swindler; a ‘civilian’ → 1945 Aust. criminals’ sl.
► GHOMEY a painfully stupid or gullible person; a fool → 1837 sl., orig. Irish
► GIL ► GILL ► GILLS a gullible or credulous person; a fool → 1592
► GILLIE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GILLY an outsider, an amateur, e.g. as regards confidence trickery, carnival work; a gullible rustic; a dupe → 1887 US sl.
► GLASS JAW a coward; one easily defeated; a gullible person; a dupe → 1927 US students’ sl.
► GOAT a gullible person; a fool; one who could easily become a scapegoat → US Civil War usage
► GO-FOR a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOMER a fool; a gullible, simple-minded person from a rural area → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GONEY a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOD LAY a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOONEY a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GREENER a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GREENIE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GUDGEON a credulous, gullible person; one who will swallow anything → 1584
► GULPIN a person who will swallow anything; a credulous or gullible person; a simpleton → 1867
► GUPPY a gullible person; one easily taken advantage of → 1971 US students’ sl.
► HICK a potential victim; a gullible simpleton; a silly fellow → 1663
► HICKSTER a gullible, unsophisticated, or unfashionable person → 2001 Eng. sl.
► ICK a fool, a gullible or easily deceived person → 1930s African-American sl.
► ICKAROO a fool, a gullible or easily deceived person → 1930s African-American sl.
► IMBO a simpleton, a fool; an imbecile; a gullible person, esp. the victim of a criminal → 1953 Aust. sl.
► JABONEY a gullible person; a dupe → 1931 Amer. sl.
► JAW a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JELLY BEAN a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JOHNNY SAP a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JOSKIN a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JUGGINS a dolt; a fool; a soft-head; gullible person; a dupe → 1682
► LEAD-PIPE CINCH a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEMON a gullible person → 1908 sl.
► LIVE ONE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LOLLYPOP a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LOOGAN ► LOOGIN ► LUKEN a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MANMANPOUL a gullible fool → 20C W. Indies sl.
► MARK a gullible person; a dupe → 1845 sl.
► MEAT a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOEGIE ► MOEGOE ► MOGGOE ► MOGO a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout → 1953 S. Afr. colloq., derogatory
► MONKEY a gullible person; a victim of a swindler; a dupe → 1922 US criminals’ sl.
► MONKEY-MAN a man likened to or supposed to resemble a monkey in some respect; a weak or gullible man, esp. one subservient to his wife or lover, or to women generally → 1840 African-American sl., chiefly derogatory
► MOOCH a slow-witted person; one who is easily cheated, deceived, imposed upon, or swindled; a gullible or naive person; a dupe, a sucker → 1910 colloq.
► MOOCHIE a gullible or naive person → 1972 US gambling sl.
► MOUTH a person who talks foolishly; a slow-witted or gullible person; a fool; a dupe → 1663 orig. cant
► MR. BLOCK a gullible person → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► MR. GREEN a gullible man; a ‘sucker’ → E19 sl.
► MUG a stupid or incompetent person; a fool or simpleton; a gullible person, a dupe → 1857 colloq.
► MUGGINS a gullible person; used to refer self-deprecatingly to oneself as someone easily fooled or imposed on → 1973 sl.
► MULLET a gullible person → 1955 US sl.
► NIBBLER a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOSE OF WAX a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► O’SULLIVAN a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OTIG a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PATSY a gullible person → 1903 sl., orig. US
► PIE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PIGEON a gullible person; a dupe → 1593 sl.
► POOR FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk → 1900 Amer. dial.
► PREKE ► PREKY a fool, a gullible person → 1940s W. Indies
► PULL-OVER a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUSH-OVER a gullible person; a dupe; one who is easily persuaded, outwitted, or overpowered → 1907 colloq., orig. US
► RIPE SUCK a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ROUND-HEELER a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RUMMY a gullible person; a dupe → 1912 US sl.
► SAP a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAPEROO a gullible person; a dupe; a complete fool → 1950 Amer. sl.
► SAPPO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a gullible person; a dunce; a dupe → 1817 sl.
► SAUSAGE someone foolish or gullible; used as a gently reproving term of address → 1982 UK sl.
► SCHLEMIEL ► SCHLEMIHL ► SHLEMIEL a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person; an ineffectual or incompetent person → 1892 sl., chiefly US
► SCHNOOK ► SHNOOK a gullible person → 1948 US sl.
► SCISSORBILL ► SCISSORSBILL a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SETUP a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SIMON a silly fellow; a credulous gullible person; a simpleton → 1785 sl.
► SIMPLE SIMON a silly fellow; a credulous gullible person; a fool, a simpleton → 1785 sl.
► SNIPE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOFT a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOFTIE ► SOFTY a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOFT MARK a gullible person; a dupe → 1845 sl.
► SOFT SUGAR a person of wealth who is easily fleeced → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SOFT TOUCH a gullible person, esp. someone easily induced to part with money → 1940 sl.
► SPRUCE a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SQUARE APPLE an innocent; a naive, gullible person → 1935 US criminals’ sl.
► STEAM TUG a gullible person → 1932 rhyming sl. for ‘mug’
► STEAMER a gullible person → 1932 US sl., from rhyming sl. ‘steam tug’ for ‘mug’
► SUCK a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUCKER a gullible person; a dupe → 1758 sl.
► SUCKER BAIT a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SWEENEY a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SWINDLE FOOD a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TOMMY TUCKER a gullible person → 1990s UK criminals’ rhyming sl. for’ sucker’
► TOWN TODDLER a gullible person, subject to confidence tricksters → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► UCKERSAY a gullible person; a dupe → 1930 US Pig Latin for ‘sucker’
► UGMAY a ‘sucker’, a dupe, a gullible person; a fool, or a stupid person → 1918 US Pig Latin for ‘mug’
► UM-CHAW a doltish, naive person; a foolish or stupid person; a dupe, a gullible person → 1910 Pig Latin for ‘chump’
► UMPCHAY a doltish, naive person; a foolish or stupid person; a dupe, a gullible person → 1910 Pig Latin for ‘chump’
► VERIGREEN a very simple or gullible person → 1854 US sl.
► WOODCOCK a gullible fool; an oaf → 15C
► WRAP-UP a gullible person who has been successfully tricked → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► YAP an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a gullible person; an easy victim; a dupe → c1894 Eng. dial. & US sl.
► YARD DOG a fool; a gullible person → 1930s African-American sl.
► YOB a fool; a naive, gullible, or unintelligent person; also, an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin → 1886 chiefly Aust. & NZ
► YOKEL a term of contempt for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; an uneducated and unsophisticated, gullible person from the countryside; a country bumpkin; a lout; an oaf → 1812 usually derogatory
► YOLD ► YULD a sucker or a dupe; one who is easily fooled; a gullible victim → 1950 US sl.
► YOYO a gullible person; a dupe → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► ZAFTY a person very easily imposed upon; a gullible person → 1888 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► SEE GREEN IN ONE’S EYE to see signs of inexperience or gullibility → 1859 sl.
VERBS
► BITE to be gullible; to believe a deception; to allow oneself to be tricked → 1949 US sl.
► COME DOWN IN THE LAST SHOWER to be inexperienced, foolish, or gullible; chiefly used in negative contexts → 1883 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► COME THE RAW PRAWN ► COME THE RAW PRAWN OVER to attempt to deceive; to treat as foolish or gullible (usually in negative contexts) → 1942 Aust. colloq.
► GREEN to make to appear ‘green’, simple, or gullible; to hoax, to humbug, to take in → 1884 sl.
► RAIN DOWN IN THE LAST SHOWER to be inexperienced, foolish, or gullible; chiefly used in negative contexts → 1843 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► SWALLOW to accept gullibly → 1594 sl.
► TAKE A STINK FOR A NOSEGAY to be extremely gullible; to mistake egregiously → 19C
► TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL to accept gullibly; to be swindled → 1915 sl.
► TAKE WOODEN MONEY to accept gullibly; to be swindled → 1915 sl.
► WEAR BUTTONS to be extremely gullible → 1976 US sl.