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conehead

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A made-up person with a tall cone-shaped head often in comedy sketches or films

noun
/ˈkoʊnˌhɛd/

Informal

: Conehead

The audience laughed when the conehead explained his bizarre alien customs.
Mr. Conehead
Connie Conehead

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Examples

You know, like the coneheads.

Miracle (2004)
Then we got the coneheads on the line here, okay?

Miracle (2004)
Well, looks like we're taking a line of coneheads to europe.

Miracle (2004)
So, the coneheads are coming in.

Miracle (2004)
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First We Feast
In true Hollywood (or Saturday Night Live) fashion, the alien ship arrives just in time to whisk the Conehead family back to Remulak!

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In the comedy sketch, the conehead struggled to fit through the door due to his unusual head shape.
Beldar, the main conehead character, often finds himself in hilarious situations on Earth.

Surface Forms

conehead singular

coneheads plural

Morphology

conehead = cone + head (transparent) = cone + head

A straightforward descriptive compound: 'cone' + 'head' denotes a person/character with a cone-shaped head, so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Conehead comes from the funny characters called the Coneheads on American TV in the 1970s, who had tall, cone-shaped heads like a cone on top of a head. That's why conehead is used for a fictional or humorous person with a cone-shaped head.