melonhead
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melonhead
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Compound of melon + head.
noun melonheads
- One of a group of legendary beings, known in parts of Connecticut, Michigan, and Ohio, generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding-places to attack people. Melonheads don’t seem to have developed the knack of raising food. Rather, they survive in the woods by dining on whatever they catch--fish, frogs, bugs, moles, or roadkill. That is, between their occasional human flesh feasts. Local legend holds that people sightseeing, biking, or hiking in the vic
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A fool or idiot.
Uncle Gene turned toward Dad. "Let the melonhead laugh. We'll show him, won't we, pard?"
Similar: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon
Talk about this word "melonhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/melonhead. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. melonhead. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/melonhead "melonhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/melonhead.Cite this
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title = {melonhead},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melonhead},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
