younghead

younghead

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English yonghede, ȝonghede, equivalent to young +‎ -head.

Alternative forms

• younghood
• younghede

Noun

younghead (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) younghood, youth
   • Chaucer

     That shorter was a foot iwis, / Than she was wont in her younghead.

Etymology 2

From young +‎ -head.

Alternative forms

• young head

Noun

younghead (plural youngheads)

1. (slang, rare) A young person; a teenager.
   • 1991 September 30, Derek LeLash, “Dead in NH”, in rec.music.gdead, Usenet:

     I know I'm too much of a younghead to have seen all the famous shows, but jeez...

   • 2008, Todd Craig, Tor'cha, page iv:

     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.

   • 2012, Kevin Purcell, Philly War Zone: Growing up in a Racial Battleground, page 23:

     So 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.

2. (slang, rare) A person, regardless of age.