Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:57:41 -0800

From: Allen Maberry maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: -head



Didn't one of the villains in Capt. America refer to the hero as "Winghead"?

Several years ago I started hearing "doughhead" for an exceptionally stupid

or inept person.

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu





On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Jim McCulloch wrote:



How about "wirehead," a computer hardware wizard, and "propellerhead," a

computer nerd? Both words are in the Jargon File (aka Hacker's Dictionary)

along with the term "zipperhead" for a close-minded person.

--Jim McCulloch