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Squarehead

Origin of "Squarehead"

The term "squarehead" is used to describe Germans and Northern Europeans. The term Squarehead derived from the squarish helmets that were worn by German soldiers in the 1920's to the 1930's. This term was given to the Germans by the French. Eric Partridge in his _Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English_ says for square-head, or squarehead: "A Scandinavian, or especially in the Great War (i.e., World War I) and after, a German: colloquial: late 19th - 20th century. Ex (i.e., from) the shape of head. — 2. Earlier, a free immigrant: Australia: ca. 1870 - 1890. — 3. In cant (i.e., language of the underworld), an honest man: mid 19th - 20th century; obsolete." The French Qubecers call English people squareheads too. They use the terms bloke (a bastardization of block) and tte carre (square head). Square-head is _Quadratschädel auf Deutsch_. Literally, square-pate or square-skull. It's usually heard as "Dutchy squarehead" and is used to refer to all of the stubborn Pennsylvania Dutchmen who live here in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Many north-europeans have cranial dimensions that are (more-or-less) equal in yaw, roll and pitch directions so can be seen as "square".