-Head / -face

adj.

Heard in Tipperary

Given as a suffix to a person's first name, usually to a person who is your friend. It does not technically describe anything about the person.

Tom: "Well John-face!" John: "Well Tom-head!"

Posh English

Tom: Well, John the Countenance! John: Well, Tom the Cranium!

Related terms

• Head in the faceA violent blow delivered to the face with the forehead.
• Box the head offTo badly beat a person, particularly about the face and head.
• Head on ya like a cooked chickenAn unattractive face or head.
• First on youAn expression used when requesting the first drag on someone else's cigarette.
• FRS: first ride syndromeFalling deeply in love with your first sexual partner.
• Minge faceAn unattractive and usually hirsute face.