Word.ws English Dictionary

Parrothead

Parrothead noun: a fan of the American musician Jimmy Buffett.

Noun

Parrothead (plural Parrotheads)

  1. (slang) A fan of the American musician Jimmy Buffett.
    • [Advertisement:] ATTENTION PARROTHEADS
      JIMMY BUFFET'S GREATEST HIT(S) IS HERE1985 December 12, Unknown, Billboard
    • ANNOUNCER (on TV): “If you're a Parrothead, try Jimmy Buffet's Key West Saloon, located downstairs in the lobby. From World-renown chef Gordon Fukayami come Roppongi, a bistro house with a South Asian flair. And if you're looking to get your funny bone tickled, don't miss Rita Rudner's hilarious...2013 October 6, Matt McKenna, “Poltergasm” (4:21 from the start), in American Dad!, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Announcer

Forms of Parrothead

pluralParrotheads

Origin of 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.

Questions about Parrothead

What does Parrothead mean?
Parrothead means a fan of the American musician Jimmy Buffett.
What part of speech is Parrothead?
Parrothead is a noun.
What is the plural of Parrothead?
The plural of Parrothead is Parrotheads.

Words near Parrothead in the dictionary

  1. parrotfeathers
  2. parrotfinch
  3. parrotfinches
  4. parrotfish
  5. parrotfishes
  6. Parrothead
  7. Parrotheads
  8. parrothood
  9. parrothouse
  10. parrothouses
  11. parroting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Parrothead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Parrothead.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/parrothead. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.