Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 1995 01:55:24 -0500

From:  Robert Swets <bobbo[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BCFREENET.SEFLIN.LIB.FL.US>

Subject: Re: -head



On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Greg Pulliam wrote:



> I'm interested in compiling a set of terms using -head as the second element

> of a compound, e.g dickhead, egghead, pothead, acidhead, and here in the

> upper midwest, cheesehead. I'm interested in both the terms and the earliest

> you've heard it used and where you've heard it.



How about "fathead." My dad seemed to think it was Harry Truman's first name.

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