spacehead

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Meaning · English

A person who is spaced out.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Be careful of the tourists at the lake, most of them are spaceheads, the last of the hippies looking for Malawi Gold. You know what Malawi Gold is, kids? Marijuana, the stuff that will make you laugh when there is no joke.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “spacehead” mean?

A person who is spaced out.

Is “spacehead” formal or informal?

spacehead is generally slang.