fishhead

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fishhead

/ˈfɪʃhɛd/

Where it comes from

From fish + head.

Senses 3 to 6 refer to the frequent consumption of fish for those people.

noun fishheads · fish head · fish-head

The head of a fish.
slang A member of a navy; a sailor; a fisherman. 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.
US, historical, slang A person from New Brunswick.
US, dated, slang A person from the western coast of Florida.
US, slang A person from the West Indies or Caribbean.
ethnic, offensive, slang, slur A person from Southeast Asia. > >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!!
New Zealand, slang A member of the Head Hunters Motorcycle Club.

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noun head of a fish

中文	魚頭 /鱼头 yútóu
Deutsch	Fischkopf

noun member of the navy

中文	海軍成員 /海军成员 hǎijūn chéngyuán

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@misc{fishhead_2026,
  title = {fishhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}