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head
noun- a member of the counterculture, usually involving drugs US
- And that South American ring-ding with his sequined rodeo shirt, they couldn’t be heads. — Richard Farina, Been Down So Long, p. 114, 1966
- A night club on the Sunset Strip called The Trip was obviously a gathering place for heads. — Lawrence Schiller (Introduction) to Richard Alpert and Sidney Cohen, LSD, p. 8, 1966
- Trouble is, heads don’t take care of themselves. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us Against, p. 211, 1967
- Anyway, just a couple of weeks before, the heads had held their first big “be-in” in Golden Gate Park, at the foot of the hill leading up into Haight-Ashbury, in mock observation of the day LSD became illegal in California. — Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, p. 10, 1968
- What are heads interested in? They’re interested in color, clothes, in dope, they’re interested in lots of fresh fruit, and good natural foods[.] — Leonard Wolfe (Editor), Voices from the Love Generation, p. 12, 1968
- A few thousand of the absolutely most together and peaceful and loving and beautiful heads in the world are gathered in a grand tribal new beginning. — East Village Other, 20 August 1969
- [H]undreds of itinerant heads had freaked out on acid punch[.] — Richard Neville, Play Power, p. 232, 1970
- So, if heads on the land are responsible to their environment and its inhabitants (and not all of them are), then potential opponents at the barricades may have second thoughts. — The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog, p. 90, March 1971
- a habitual user of drugs US, 1953
In the Vietnam war, the term differentiated between a person who smoked marijuana and a JUICER - What you have to do is make a couple new heads. — John M. Murtagh and Sara Harris, Cast the First Stone, p. 45, 1957
- I mean everyone’s a head–you know, just everyone! — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 107, 1958
- This is not a queer bar–it is an outcast bar–Negroes and vagrant whites, heads and hypes, dikes and queens. — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 184, 1963
- Take hippies and straights, heads and narcos, put them together for 36 hours -- under a church roof. — Berkeley Barb, p. 3, 25 February 1967
- He was a friend of the sergeant’s. They were the “juicers” [alcohol drinkers] and I was the “head” [pot smoker]. — Myra MacPherson, Long Time Passing, p. 398, 1984
- a state of drug intoxication US
- Chico shot up immediately, but there was no real kick in the drug. Still, it got him a “head” and made him feel better. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 194, 1952
- “Have you been using smack?” ”Yeah. I’ve been using smack [...] It’s an unbelievable head, man. THE best. Unbelievable.” — Doug Lang, Freaks, pp. 119–120, 1973
- enough marijuana to fashion a single cigarette UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 61, 1996
- a fan of hip-hop music US
- Dead Prez [a hip-hop group] left so much conflict amongst heads, it was hectic. — Patrick Neate, Where You’re At, p. 89, 2003
- a respected graffiti artist US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 141, 1997
- a familiarising term used to address both sexes, but more generally male IRELAND
Head can also be used to designate certain groups, for example, a “D4 [Dublin 4] head” is a post southside person, not necessarily living in the D4 postcode. - Clinger, head, how’re they hangin’? — Eamonn Sweeney, Waiting for the Healer, p. 39, 1997
- oral sex US, 1941
- Say, “Do you think you could teach me to deal, rob, and steal, beat some poor lame for his bread / turn a trick or suck dick in case I could sell some head?” — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 90, 1964
- [Y]ou were talking so brave and so sweet, / Giving me head on the unmade bed. — Leonard Cohen, Chelsea Hotel, 1968
- Excuse me, mademoiselle, to give you some head. — Steve Cannon, Groove, Bang, and Jive Around, p. 108, 1969
- Connie probably takes Raymond’s little peanut of a cock between her brittle chapped lips and then scrapes her ugly decayed teeth up and down on it while asshole Raymond thinks he’s getting the best head on the East Coast. — John Waters, Pink Flamingos, p. 59, 1972
- (Quoting Linda Lovelace) Just from guys saying that I was, like, the best, that I gave the best head they ever had. — Screw, p. 4, 9 October 1972
- Hey, now, you know it’s funny you should ask that, because I would say, pound-for-pound, she gives about the best head in the city. — Terry Southern, Now Dig This, p. 33, 1975
- Let’s see–the best head is Tina Russell. (Quoting Harry Reems). — Adam Film Quarterly, p. 77, December 1975
- You can get some cunt, asshole, or head / As long as you got the motherfucking bread. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 128, 1976
- C’mon over and give me head while I’m passed out. — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, p. 218, 1977
- Kiki had some real dynamite head. The best head on Eighth Avenue. — Robert Deane Pharr, Giveadamn Brown, p. 51, 1978
- I liked head and let him give it to me as frequently as it could be arranged. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 26, 1980
- But you’re such a hunk / So full of spunk / I’ll give you / Head / Til you’re burning up. — Prince, Head, 1980
- I love to give head. I love to make a guy come with my mouth. — Adult Video, p. 10, August/September 1986
- She gives great head. She really gets down and does this. — Robert Stoller and I.S. Levine, Coming Attractions, p. 131, 1991
- Back in those days, to discuss or request or demand the giving or getting of a blow job, you had to use the word “head,” e.g., “She gave me head” or “I gave her head” or “Gee, I’d like some head.” — Larry Rivers, What Did I Do?, p. 57, 1992
- But what happens when you get in the car, and you don’t make with the head? Don’t they kick your ass to the curb? — Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, p. 26, 2001
- the penis TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- a talking head US, 2001
With this shortened form, a good expert guest on a television or radio show becomes “good head”. - deception TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1993
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- a crime victim US
- — Carsten Stroud, Close Pursuit, p. 272, 1987
- a toilet US, 1942
- It seems Edith (bah) arrived at the bus depot early & while waiting for Patricia, feeling sleepy, retired to the head to sleep on a sofa. — Neal Cassady, The First Third, p. 190, 7 March 1947
- [F]inally Wallenstein going to the head for a leak[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 77, 1958
- music played without a musical score US
- The music they were turning out, thanks to Bix’s head arrangements, was ten years ahead of its time. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 79, 1946
- But maybe if we do a whole set of heads, old ones. — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 193, 1958
- Our whole book is made up of heads. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 58, 1961
- a railway worker US
- — Linda Niemann, Boomer, p. 251, 1990
- a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead US
An abbreviation of DEADHEAD. - Later, JB took us to a pre-concert party at a friend’s house, who didn’t hide that he was pissed at JB for showing up with a crew of well-burnt ’heads. — Scott Meyer, Deadhead Forever, 2001
▶ bite your head off; snap your head off
to attack verbally, especially as a disproportionate response UK, 1984- Alright, alright, don’t bite me bloody head off. I didn’t say a word. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 292, 2002
▶ do it standing on your head; do on your head
to achieve with ease UK, 1896- We’ll both give it the large [brag] and talk a load of bollocks [nonsense] about how we’ll do it standing on our heads. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, pp. 241–242, 2001
▶ do your head in
to emotionally overload, confuse and make stressed UK- It’s the tablets girl. They do your head in. — Alan Bleasdale, Boys From the Blackstuff, 1982
- Doin’ my head in, I tell you. — Cath Staincliffe, Trainers, p. 55, 1999
- Mam, will you go and get rid of that nobhead I’m marrying... it’s doing my head in, this. — Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, The Royle Family, 1999
- Yeah, the bouncing sound was the thing that done your head in most. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 39, 2000
- The city had been doing all our heads in, he had proclaimed[.] — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 33, 2000
- [O]ne thing pure guaranteed to do my head in is selfish driving. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 2, 2001
▶ get your head down; get your head down to it
to plead guilty AUSTRALIA
From bending the head in unspoken affirmative.- — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
▶ give head
to perform oral sex US, 1956- You can’t see too much, but in the dark light you can make out an 18-year-old McCarthy supporter (Mancy MacKay?), giving the finest head to old Rip[.] — Screw, p. 21, 10 November 1969
- “Spit,” Ophelia concluded, “that’s the whole trick to giving head. Just spit.” — Eve Babitz, L.A. Woman, p. 16, 1982
▶ have a head like a sieve
to be very forgetful, 1984- Don’t ask me for any names. I’ve got a head like a sieve. — Lee Harris, Murder in Hell’s Kitchen, p. 55, 2003
▶ have your head screwed; have your head screwed on right; have your head screwed on the right way
to be shrewd and businesslike, to have a practical intelligence UK, 1821- I haven’t made my mind up whether I’ll vote for him, but he has his head screwed on. He would do a good job. — The Guardian, 2 October 1999
▶ have your head up your ass
stupid, unaware, uninformed US, 1944- That desk clerk’s got his head up his ass–the man never left. — Elmore Leonard, Bandits, p. 145, 1987
- [I]f only he’d taken his head out of his arse long enough to hear her. — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 4, 2000
- I still fuckin reckon tho that yew all had yewer heads up yewer arses. A little bit of fuckin awareness like, that’s all was fuckin needed. — Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, p. 94, 2001
▶ need to have your head read
to have ridiculous ideas AUSTRALIA, 1938
That is “you need to see a psychiatrist”.- Jimmy’s gettin’ married next Saturday. Wants ’is ’ead read. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 50, 1957
- — Harvey E. Ward, Down Under Without Blunder, p. 10, 1967
- That bloody umpire needs ’is ’ead read. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 83, 1967
- — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 32, 1969
▶ off your head
in a state of mental confusion; drug-intoxicated UK
The latter meaning dates from the 1960s and the distinction between the two senses may be blurred.- [T]he people that had obviously just come out of a club and were stoned or completely off their heads. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 127, 1999
- I got proper fucking off my cake, I did. Right off my head. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 152, 2000
▶ on your head
in motor racing, flipped (of a race car) US- — Don Alexander, The Racer’s Dictionary, p. 45, 1980
▶ out of your head
in a state of drug or drink intoxication UK
When combined with a mental or emotional state, the sense varies: “with grief”, “with worry”, etc.- — Angela Delvin, Prison Patter, 1996
- So that left me on me own, out of me ’ead and still randy as ’ell. — Ben Elton, High Society, 2002
▶ pull your head in
to mind one’s own business AUSTRALIA, 1944- Yer big, stupid galah! Fercrysake pull yer bloody ’ead in and keep climbing. — Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, p. 91, 1961
▶ put the head on; stick the head on
to head-butt an opponent’s face UK: SCOTLAND, 1985- Boab went an stuck the heid oan the bouncer. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, p. 31, 1988
▶ you need your head examined; you want your head examining
a catchphrase addressed to someone who has said or done something stupid US, 1942
Originally “you want your head read” but it adapted as fashion and technique moved from phrenology to psychiatry.- “You can’t seriously -” “Oh yes... Why not?” Howard snorted. “You need your head examined.” “Perhaps. But it doesn’t alter the facts.” — Francis Clifford, The Blind Side, 1971
- It may not just be Saddam who needs his head examined. — The Guardian, 14 November 2002
▶ you’d forget your head if it wasn’t screwed on
a catchphrase addressed to (or, in the third person, of) an absent-minded person UK, 1979
Variations are mainly concerned with the method of fixing: “if it wasn’t attached”, “…tied on”, “…stuck on”, “…jammed on”, etc.- You’d forget your head if it wasn’t stuck on your shoulders. — North County Times (California), 13 May 2001
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