| 单词 |
slaphead |
| 释义 |
slaphead, n. slang (orig. and chiefly Brit.). humorous or depreciative.
Brit. |ˈslaphɛd|, U.S. |ˈslæpˌ(h)ɛd|
[‹ slap v.1 + head n.1]
A bald or shaven-headed person; a bald or shaven head.
[1986Today 3 Nov. 11/1 If you're puzzled by the title of the Grange Hill cast's latest single—take heart, so are the originators of the slang. Ask The Teacher (Smash Head) should be Ask The Teacher (Slap Head) say the third and fourth formers in Milton Keynes who coined the phrase to describe the flat-top haircuts sported by trendy teachers.] 1990Guardian 24 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 9/4 Now you hear euphemistically about third-stagers and sunset people, or less sweetly, about slapheads and—huddled before the hearth—the old and the cold. 1991Gazette (Montreal) 16 July f2/1 The current rage in London, Paris, Berlin and New York is the Slaphead look... A Slaphead is someone (and there are no gender-based limitations here) who is bald either by nature or by choice—yes, by choice! 1992P. Baikie et al. Absolutely 74 I've turned into a bit of a slaphead. 2001Independent 7 Mar. ii. 3/1 An irascible young populist with a slaphead. |
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