Parrothead/Parrot Head

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Monday, February 5, 2001 12:35 am +0000 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>
>    A fan got thrown out of the NY Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on
>    Sunday.  It was Jimmy Buffett, the guy who sang the national anthem
>    and was rooting for the visiting Miami Heat. Heat coach Pat Riley
>    asked the official if he was a "parrothead."  The official thought it
>    was an an insult and almost threw Riley out of the game. A parrothead
>    is a Jimmy Buffett fan, just as a deadhead follows the Grateful Dead.
>    Both are either one word or two words. "Deadhead" made the RHHDAS; I
>    don't know the fate of "parrothead."

And if you're a fan of Moxy Früvous you're a Frühead.  There must be dozens of -head = fan items.  http://www.fruhead.com/

Lynne




M Lynne Murphy
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