slaphead
Britishnoun
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Origin of slaphead
C20: from slap + head
Example Sentences
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When you go, be sure to ask for the Jeff Bezos “slaphead special.”
From The Verge
This may evolve to Slaphead or Kojak, or similar.
From The Guardian
Or “Skinhead” or “Slaphead” – but mainly “Baldy”.
From The Guardian
Cue a Twitter storm in which Barton called Gervinho a cheat and the Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer – who as Newcastle's manager suspended him following an ugly dressing-room confrontation – "slaphead".
From The Guardian
Barton is usually not one for regrets but it appears he wishes he had thought twice before, erroneously, calling Gervinho a cheat and telling Alan Shearer to "Sort it slaphead" during a series of combative Saturday night outpourings on Twitter.
From The Guardian
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