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In some senses, melonhead is marked as derogatory, informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
melonhead
noun 2
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3VERB + MELONHEAD
let, like, looking
MELONHEAD + NOUN
foreground, we'll
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in
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noun
1
One of a group of legendary beings, known in parts of Michigan, Ohio, and Connecticut, and generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding-places to attack people.
2
A fool or idiot.
Uncle Gene turned toward Dad. "Let the melonhead laugh. We'll show him, won't we, pard?"
The picture showed the group, a gurning, multichinned James looking like a melonhead in the foreground, dressed in formal evening-wear and cummerbunds. How the fuck had they got hold of those pictures? The boys looked like a cabaret band. It was bad. It was very bad.
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Uncle Gene turned toward Dad. "Let the melonhead laugh. We'll show him, won't we, pard?"
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The picture showed the group, a gurning, multichinned James looking like a melonhead in the foreground, dressed in formal evening-wear and cummerbunds. How the fuck had they got hold of those pictures
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Of course you should you melonhead. Why are you being so obtuse. You are just making my whole point.
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