Parrothead

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fan of the American musician Jimmy Buffett. slang

    "[Advertisement:] ATTENTION PARROTHEADS JIMMY BUFFET'S GREATEST HIT(S) IS HERE"

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"[Advertisement:] ATTENTION PARROTHEADS JIMMY BUFFET'S GREATEST HIT(S) IS HERE"

Etymology

From parrot + -head, coined at a 1985 concert at the Timberwolf Amphitheater in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Buffett observed that many attendees wore Hawaiian-themed parrot hats.

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