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zipperhead en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From zipper + head, in reference to the leather helmets used by early Canadian armoured crewmen, which had zipper-like stitching.
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(Canada, slang) A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.
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trooper · tanker · crewman · treadhead · tread-head · armoured crewman · armoured soldier
zipperhead en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Coined by US soldiers during the Vietnam War, apparently from zipper + head. The semantic motivation is unclear. One theory is that the Vietnamese were so called because their heads would split open in zipper-like fashion if they were shot in the right way; another is that zipper-like tracks would be left on them if they were run over by jeeps or tanks.
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(US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A person of East Asian descent.
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chicken lips · zipperlid · gook · almond eyes · dink · slopehead · slant eye