Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person with a shaven head or very close cropped hair, especially one who associates with a group of similar people.
- noun Such a person who associates with a group that commits hooliganism or street violence or that holds white supremacist or anti-immigrant views.
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- noun Someone with a
shaved head. - noun Member of the skinhead subculture arising in late 1960s England or its diaspora.
- noun Someone, often associated with a violent
gang , and also thought to adhere towhite-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am a proud skinhead and allways have been. when you use the term skinhead you had better talk to a s.h.a.r.p. next time. or do some damn homework.
The Clog 2010
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LOS ANGELES, April 23 Reuters – A Muslim teenager who was severely beaten in what he called a skinhead attack sued four of his alleged attackers and their parents on Wednesday for civil rights violations in California state court.
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I gather this skinhead is doing his best to help ignite a race war.
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His existence as a skinhead is tailored meticulously to every nuance of his extremely complicated, deeply personal sociopolitical belief system and every shred of that is made clear to us.
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In the strict sense of the word, Peter Brimelow is not a "skinhead" - he's not shaving his head and going out to beat up the first non-white person he sees.
Alex Koppelman: Ann Coulter Finds, And Likes, Her Skinheads 2008
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Just listen outside here -- (laughter) -- everything from disputes over battles to the nature of the Italian government to the character of the word "skinhead" -- (laughter) -- is being debated even as we are here.
Remarks By President At Oxford University ITY National Archives 1994
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Well that’s why your skinhead is getting one in the grills and your old lady doesn’t, more often than not.
Be Nice…… Damn You! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Hence, pissed off drunk angry skinhead is more likely to get a smack in the grid first, than an 80 year old woman with three children in tow, if that’s stereotyping then sign me up as a member. on June 19, 2008 at 8: 21 pm | Reply Avie
Be Nice…… Damn You! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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PS: membership in skinhead organizations doesn’t count.
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Attacks Murtha: Says He Is Undermining Troops, Comforting Enemy 2005
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I always knew Jade Goody was a racist but I think becoming a skinhead was a step too far...
More tasteless quips 2009
sakhalinskii commented on the word skinhead
Poor white dudes who shave their heads, listen to hardcore punk, fuck the police and don't like foreigners.
June 9, 2009