pisshead

Meanings

nounpisshead (plural pissheads)

CommonwealthIrelandUKderogatoryslangvulgarA person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic drink.
Synonyms: alcoholic, dipsomaniac, drunkard, alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant
USderogatoryslangvulgarA stupid or obnoxious person.
Sergeant Eller faced him. "Take a swing at me, I don't have a knife! Go ahead, you oversized pisshead!" "Who you calling a pisshead?" the man demanded. "You, you ugly pisshead!" Sergeant Eller declared. The large convict swung a ham-like fist!
2000, C. E. Albertson, Beneath the Southern Cross, page 50
Synonyms: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot

nounA person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic drink.

nounA stupid or obnoxious person.

Also see

From piss (“alcohol”) + -head.

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Chicago

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