(slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from Southeast Asia.
fishhead means (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from Southeast Asia.. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"fishhead" is slang. It means: (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from Southeast Asia.. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
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(slang) A member of a navy; a sailor; a fisherman.
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The head of a fish.
Being a Plymouth girl, I had heard plenty of racy stories about navy chaps, or fishheads as we called you. The navy regularly swarmed the streets of Plymouth on a Saturday night.
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fishhead means (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from Southeast Asia.. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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