Comments on: Meathead http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/meathead/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve M. http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/meathead/comment-page-1/#comment-53794 Steve M. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:15:48 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4095#comment-53794 http://youtu.be/BdHh289valE?t=34m19s http://youtu.be/BdHh289valE?t=34m19s

]]> By: Steve M. http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/meathead/comment-page-1/#comment-53793 Steve M. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:09:12 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4095#comment-53793 Alice called Ralph a "Meathead" in an episode of "The Honeymooners" circa 1951. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHh289valE Alice called Ralph a “Meathead” in an episode of “The Honeymooners” circa 1951.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHh289valE

]]> By: Jock, meathead, and other words used to describe Ryan Lochte | This Wonderful Word http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/meathead/comment-page-1/#comment-42417 Jock, meathead, and other words used to describe Ryan Lochte | This Wonderful Word Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:19:24 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4095#comment-42417 [...] from jockstrap. Meathead probably goes as far back as the 1860s, but rose to popularity thanks to All in the Family. (Interestingly, nerd also rose to prominence in the early 1950s, and sissy dates all the way back [...] [...] from jockstrap. Meathead probably goes as far back as the 1860s, but rose to popularity thanks to All in the Family. (Interestingly, nerd also rose to prominence in the early 1950s, and sissy dates all the way back [...]

]]> By: Interesting http://www.word-detective.com/2010/10/meathead/comment-page-1/#comment-8017 Interesting Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4095#comment-8017 Not only was Meathead a "gentler term," within the context of the show the term actually became touching and, perhaps, bittersweet--Meathead was what Archie's father called him when he was young. Not only was Meathead a “gentler term,” within the context of the show the term actually became touching and, perhaps, bittersweet–Meathead was what Archie’s father called him when he was young.

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