"Machead" meaning in English

See Machead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-Machead.ogg [Australia] Forms: Macheads [plural]
Etymology: Mac + -head Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mac|head}} Mac + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} Machead (plural Macheads)
  1. (slang) A fan of the Apple Macintosh computer. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Apple Inc., Fans (people) Synonyms: Macolyte

Inflected forms

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