English [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
fish + head
Pronunciation [ edit ]
fishhead (plural fishheads )
The head of a fish .
Coordinate term: fishtail
( slang ) A member of a navy ; a sailor ; a fisherman .
2009 , Dawn French, Dear Fatty , page 180 :Being a Plymouth girl, I had heard plenty of racy stories about navy chaps, or fishheads as we called you. The navy regularly swarmed the streets of Plymouth on a Saturday night.
( slang , offensive , ethnic slur ) A person from Southeast Asia.[1]
2004 June 29, Cerberus, “Papers Please!”, in ok.general [2] (Usenet ):> >I see you are trying to post in chink. Ha!! Ha!! > > No, that was an English translation of your post. Your[sic ] a fishhead Ha!! Ha!!
2009 July 20, Patriot Games, “Patriot Games Would Like to Apologize to Gooks”, in alt.politics [3] (Usenet ):For locking you fishheads up after Pearl Harbor.
2018 September 11, The Starmaker, “Re: Julie / The Talk”, in rec.arts.tv [4] (Usenet ):i thought jule chen and connie chung were both the same people...wat do i know. i cannot tell those fuckin people apart.fishheads .
Translations [ edit ]
member of the navy
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海軍 成員 / 海军 成员 ( hǎijūn chéngyuán )
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: Aku Ankka
References [ edit ]
^ Eric Partridge (2009 ) The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English [1] , page 367
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