fishheadとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From fish +‎ head.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfɪʃhɛd/

名詞

fishhead (plural fishheads)

1. The head of a fish.

   Coordinate term: fishtail

2. (slang) A member of a navy; a sailor; a fisherman.
   • 2009, Dawn French, Dear Fatty, page 180:

     Being a Plymouth girl, I had heard plenty of racy stories about navy chaps, or fishheads as we called you. The navy regularly swarmed the streets of Plymouth on a Saturday night.

3. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from Southeast Asia.
   • 2004 June 29, Cerberus, “Papers Please!”, in ok.general‎ (Usenet):

     > >I see you are trying to post in chink. Ha!! Ha!!
     >
     
     > No, that was an English translation of your post.
     
     Your a fishhead Ha!! Ha!!

   • 2009 July 20, Patriot Games, “Patriot Games Would Like to Apologize to Gooks”, in alt.politics‎ (Usenet):

     For locking you fishheads up after Pearl Harbor.

   • 2018 September 11, The Starmaker, “Re: Julie / The Talk”, in rec.arts.tv‎ (Usenet):

     i thought jule chen and connie chung were both the same people...wat do
     i know.
     
     i cannot tell those fuckin people apart.
     
     fishheads.

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