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head-banger

British  

noun

  1. a heavy-metal rock fan

  2. a crazy or stupid person

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Mr. St-Pierre has a rabid following among testosterone-fueled, under-35 head-banger types who, in another era, rallied around Hulk Hogan.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2010

Finally, the court's Latin scholar scores head-banger points for using the phrase "opening bass riff" without quotation marks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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