Butterhead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Butterhead lettuce.
  2. 2
    A person of East Asian descent. US, ethnic, offensive, slur

    "Yeah, if one of my sisters ever brought home a fuckin' butterhead, you know what my old man would do?"

Example

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"Yeah, if one of my sisters ever brought home a fuckin' butterhead, you know what my old man would do?"

Etymology

From butter + head.

Related phrases

butterhead lettuce

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