heirhead

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of heir +‎ airhead

Noun[edit]

heirhead (plural heirheads)

  1. (slang, derogatory) The foolish heir to a large fortune.
    • 2000 November 14, Weekly World News, volume 22, number 8, page 12:
      St. Andrews — in case you're not up on such weighty matters — is the hoity-toity school where the heirhead they call Wills (ain't that cute) will soon begin studying for his history of art degree.
    • 2007 April 29, Lola Ogunnaike, “DJ AM: His Life, Times, Shoes”, in New York Times[1]:
      It would seem easy to write him off as another playboy who has managed to date his way to B-list stardom in the sketchy tradition of pampered heirheads like Paris Latsis, Brandon Davis and Stavros Niarchos.