head-banger
Britishnoun
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a heavy-metal rock fan
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a crazy or stupid person
Example Sentences
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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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