Peckerhead

You know what word I haven't heard in a long time?  Peckerhead.

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I actually don't remember the last time somebody called me a peckerhead.  Sure, I've been called an asshole, a dickhead, dickless, arse-face, and even faggot in the last couple of years, but I really think the last time anybody called me a peckerhead was in a heated game of Mortal Kombat II on the Super Nintendo.

Peckerhead.

Urban Dictionary has a few definitions for Peckerhead, and most of them are pretty similar.  There is one, though, that refers to it as an inanimate object.  How interesting. It's listed as, "a wire box for an electric motor".  The example is, "open up the peckerhead and rewire the motor."

For some strange reason, I immediately believe this is some kind of redneck talk.  Kind of like referring to the television as a "fucker" ("Don't you dare change that fucker, the game is on!").

Or even more so, like referring to something as a "Son'bitch".  You know what I mean - "Hey Rudy, bring that son'bitch o'er here so's-in I can wrap it with the duct tape!"

I get it.  I don't like it, but I get it.  It's all just fun swearing.  I guess I just couldn't imagine myself calling an object a Peckerhead.  I mean, "Honey, the dinner's missing something tonight... can you shake a little of that peckerhead on mine?"

Or who would find themselves saying, "I appreciate your seeing me today.  I'm very interested in this job, and I'm sure you'll find my peckerhead here to be more than adequate."

The initial response is sexual, of course.  We all know what a pecker is, and naturally a pecker has a head on it.  But never have I thought of the word Peckerhead as being a sexual term.  If you went home with a girl and she said, "oh yeah, baby, do me with your big, hard, peckerhead," you'd be laughing yourself out of the room.

Peckerhead.  It is fun to say though, isn't it?  Go on, say it aloud a few times in a row.  You'll find yourself smiling.

Still, to me anyway, a peckerhead will always be a term used toward another person.  Someone who slips and falls, perhaps.  "Way to go, peckerhead!"

Peckerhead.  Let's all do our part in bringing back that word.

- ryan