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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US) 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..
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.
Of course you should you melonhead. Why are you being so obtuse. You are just making my whole point.
Use melonhead when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Melonhead means (US) 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..
Common synonyms include alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Uncle Gene turned toward Dad. "Let the melonhead laugh. We'll show him, won't we, pard?"
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