juicehead

See also: juice-head and juice head

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From juice +‎ -head. Juice is a reference to protein shakes, anabolic steroids, and other performance enhancing drugs, many of which are taken in liquid form and called juice by analogy.

Noun

juicehead (plural juiceheads)

  1. (slang, dated) An alcoholic.
  2. (slang) A bodybuilder that uses, or appears to use, steroids and is of poor intellect or by extension any large male.
    • 1995. "Black Belt", Page 91
      A How to increase the natural anabolic effects in your system so you pile on muscle like a juice-head!
    • 2002. Rick Collins, "Legal muscle: anabolics in America"
      I'm also a seasoned juice head. During this tenure in muscledom, to say I've seen It all is a severe understatement, especially considering I spent 20 years of it training at the "Mecca of bodybuilding," Gold's Gym in Venice
    • 2010. Andrea Renzoni, Eric Renzoni, "Fuhgeddaboudit!: From Fist-Pumping to Family Restaurant", Page 118
      My ideal man would be Italian, dark, muscles, juicehead, Guido.

Usage notes

May be a mildly pejorative term, but not so when used as a term of endearment or by those partaking, especially amongst themselves.

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