Meanings
younghead1
younghead2
plural youngheads · alternative young head
- rareslangA young person; a teenager.
I know I'm too much of a younghead to have seen all the famous shows, but jeez...
1991 September 30, Derek LeLash, “Dead in NH”, in rec.music.gdead (Usenet)2 more examples
For the youngheads out there, the HipHopHeads, the ones still reppin' they block no matter what, the ones rejecting stereotypes of the hood as pure pathology, the ones not marketing the hood for white-rebellious-fantasies-of-bein'-down, the ones still street-conscious even when you ain't in the streets: beware, don't let the literati get you caught up.
2008, Todd Craig, Tor'cha, page ivSo their latest antic was to grab a couple of their younghead, throw them in a car, drive them to the Philly airport, and drop them off there, forcing them to walk about three hours from the airport back to Myers playground.
2012, Kevin Purcell, Philly War Zone: Growing up in a Racial Battleground, page 23
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
younghead · noun
- Middle Englishyonghede
- Englishyounghead
From Middle English yonghede, ȝonghede, equivalent to young + -head.
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