Etymograph

English

Parrothead

From parrot + -head, coined at a 1985 concert at the Timberwolf Amphitheater in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Buffett observed that many attendees wore Hawaiian-themed parrot hats.

Formed from parrot + -head

Middle French perrot

English parrot

The story

From parrot + -head, coined at a 1985 concert at the Timberwolf Amphitheater in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Buffett observed that many attendees wore Hawaiian-themed parrot hats.

Today it means

noun A fan of the American musician Jimmy Buffett.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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