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Etymology

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From zeppelin +‎ -head.

Noun

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Zephead (plural Zepheads)

  1. (slang) A fan of the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
    • 2006, Erik Davis, Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 42:
      But he was a hardcore Zephead in 1977, when he saw his favorite band at Madison Square Garden during their triumphant return to touring after two years of personal strife.
    • 2007 December, Brian Raftery, “Led Astray”, in Spin, page 140:
      But I doubt even the most devoted Zephead is pining to relive the days when Jimmy Page dressed up like a hermit with dandruff.
    • 2011, Bob Carruthers, Led Zepplin - Uncensored on the Record[1], Coda Books, →ISBN:
      Describing a concert in Vancouver in the same year, he talks of the “Zepheads” who would travel the length and breadth of the country to see the band's “zany” show.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zephead.

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