Words: fivehead and fourhead

[Charles C Doyle]

Well, if you want to put on airs .  . . .

--Charlie

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You mean /'farId/.

JL


On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> Of course, the quip is unworkabe for those of us who pronounce "forehead"
> as [fard]!
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> --Charlie
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> Title: 14 Of Our Favorite Celebrity Fiveheads
> Date: March 26th, 2013
> Website: starpulse.com
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> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2013/03/26/13_of_our_favorite_celebrity_fiveheads
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> [Begin excerpt]
> What's a 'fivehead'? Well, you've heard of a forehead, right? So then
> a fivehead must be a little bit bigger (there are even a few sixheads
> out there, as we'll point out later).
> . . .
> We're not saying these people are unattractive because of their
> copious craniums, its just all in good fun...
> [End excerpt]
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> Urban dictionary has several relevant entries: fourhead, 5head,
> five-head, five head and five-head
> I did not see these terms at Word Spy. The ADS archive does not seem
> to have the term
> I do not search for early instances due to indolence.
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