cheesehead

Noun

cheesehead (plural cheeseheads)

1. (US, slang) A person from the state of Wisconsin.
2. (slang) A fan of the Green Bay Packers (an American football team of Wisconsin), some of whom wear foam hats shaped like wedges of cheese.
3. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person.
4. (derogatory, slang) A blockhead, a stupid person.
5. (slang) A white person from the Netherlands or having Dutch heritage.
   • "Return to those cheesheads? Sacre/ nom de tonnerre! never!" the Walloon cried energetically.1887, Michael Theophile Hubert Perelaer, Ran Away from the Dutch: Or, Borneo from South to North, page 61
   • But, alas! fate was against him, he could not gratify his desire for vengeance; but being forced to relieve his feelings in some way, he did so by indignantly shouting after their retreating figures, “ You Dutch cheeseheads, you!”1894, The Humour of Holland, page 163
6. (slang) Someone who eats a lot of cheese.
   • Having spent several days eating rich cheese dishes while observing that the Swiss are, in general, a slim and fit population — so unlike the cheeseheads I've known at home — I had to ask: "Just how much cheese do you eat?"July 1993, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, "Say Cheese!" in Vegetarian Times, No. 191, p. 85
   • AMERICA IS TURNING INTO A NATION OF CHEESEHEADS. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION nearly tripled in the last 30 years, from 11 pounds to 31 pounds, with roughly 60 percent of that gain coming through foodservice, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.2006, Patricia Cobe, Restaurant Business, volume 105, page 60