Definitions

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  • noun A person who uses LSD.

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  • noun slang, pejorative A person who uses the hallucinogenic drug LSD.

Etymologies

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acid +‎ -head

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Examples

  • Odd trivia: Did you know that Judith Krantz was sister-in-law, via her brother, publisher (and acidhead) Jeremy Tarcher, to the late Shari Lewis?

    Happy Birthday, Judy! Roger Sutton 2008

  • Odd trivia: Did you know that Judith Krantz was sister-in-law, via her brother, publisher (and acidhead) Jeremy Tarcher, to the late Shari Lewis?

    Archive 2008-01-01 Roger Sutton 2008

  • We got many an acidhead to jump off a building that way.

    Y.P.R.: Out of My Cold, Dead Hands 2002

  • The acidhead, however, is more ‘gaseous’—there are vast spaces between his molecules; wotrons and neutrinos pass through him more easily … he may even feel them.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • The acidhead, however, is more ‘gaseous’—there are vast spaces between his molecules; wotrons and neutrinos pass through him more easily … he may even feel them.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • The acidhead, however, is more ‘gaseous’—there are vast spaces between his molecules; wotrons and neutrinos pass through him more easily … he may even feel them.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • Since "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author/acidhead Ken Kesey put it on the map, San Miguel has built up a large population of American and Canadian expatriates.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Since "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author/acidhead Ken Kesey put it on the map, San Miguel has built up a large population of American and Canadian expatriates.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Since "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author/acidhead Ken Kesey put it on the map, San Miguel has built up a large population of American and Canadian expatriates.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • (Survivors of the '60s know, however, that it is indeed a short step from acidhead to Jesus freak.)

    unknown title 2009

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