five-head

n. a large forehead. Subjects: English, Body, Slang

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Citations: 1984 Bob Snyder Syracuse Herald American (New York) (Aug. 12) “Chiefs’ Musselman is a bullpen bully” p. D-4: Most people have a forehead, but yours is so high, you’ve got a fivehead. 1987 Toronto Star (Canada) (June 16) “Crib and crackers diversions for Jays” p. D3: The banter later switched to a discussion of who has the highest forehead, as measured in ordinary soup crackers. One and a half crackers is a high forehead; two crackers is next to bald. Henke was accused of having a “five head,” but had an answer for that. “I just have a tall face,” he said. 1997 [Sergei Buhtoyarov] Usenet: fido7.ru.english (May 30) “Forehead”: One American friend of mine has a very large forhead and he used to crack jokes like that: “I don’t have a forehead, I’ve got a five-head!” 1999 [Andrea L. Jackett] Usenet: rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs (Nov. 19) “Re: Y&R: BUG’S Hair, Etc.”: I Have to say I disagree with you on Cricket’s new hair cut. It makes her look much more polished and professional than her former long 60’s hippy do. She should lose the center part though and try to camouflage her five-head a little better. 2006 Cute Overload (Mar. 16) “Rule 16: Keep your eyes at the height of your nose *and* have a five-head, (large forehead) and make sure your body is as tall as your head”: (title) 2007 John Walters NBC Sports (Feb. 19) “A fond farewell to a verbal master”: He’d begin wildly gesticulating his 6-5 frame, arching an eyebrow, perhaps lapsing into his Charles Nelson Reilly caricature, and declaring that “the flop sweat began pouring down my five-head” (Steve’s neologism for his premature baldness) and “flames began shooting out of my armpits.”

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