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breadhead, n. and a. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈbrɛdhɛd|, U.S. |ˈbrɛdˌ(h)ɛd|
[‹ bread n. + head n.1]
A. n.
1. A person who is motivated by or obsessed with making money; a materialist. Usually derogatory.
1969J. Fabian & J. Byrne Groupie ii. 16 There is a new underground music scene happening, a sort of breadhead's version of UFO called the Other Kingdom. 1983T. Hibbert Rockspeak 30 Conga player/flautist wanted... No bread heads or time wasters. 1992B. Sterling Hacker Crackdown 62 Anyone motivated by greed for mere money (as opposed to the greed for power, knowledge, and status) is swiftly written off as a narrow-minded breadhead whose interests can only be corrupt and contemptible. 2001Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Spectrum section) 18 Even Dylan knew he was a brand, an industry. He presented it as: ‘I'm not in it for the money, I'm not a bread head,’ but he had the finest lawyers working for him.
2. A person who is knowledgeable or enthusiastic about bread. rare.
Probably separately coined in each quotation, as an obvious play on the earlier sense.
1992Sunday Times 29 Mar. (Style & Trav. section) 4/5 More down-to-earth are the loaves of Sally Clarke, who is such a bread-head that she has a bakery next to her restaurant in Kensington. 1995USA Today (Nexis) 9 June b1 America is becoming a nation of breadheads. Marketers are convincing consumers that it's oh-so-chic to buy fresh breads like honey whole wheat and oatmeal poppy seed.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of, designating, or characteristic of a person motivated by or obsessed with making money; materialistic, money-minded. Usually derogatory.
1991Sunday Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. The really sharp Sixties boys never got waylaid by sex 'n' drugs, but kept their breadhead cool. 1996Big Issue 26 Aug.–1 Sept. 32/2 Bread-head ad men pushing kiddie consumerism. 2000Times 10 Nov. ii. 11/2 Frankly, it's the real motives of today's breadhead popstars that I'm more worried about. |