Blockhead

See also: blockhead

English

Etymology

From block +‎ -head.

Noun

Blockhead (plural Blockheads)

(slang) A fan of the American boy band New Kids on the Block.
- 1989 December 7, David Silverman, “Harrison rejects McCartney’s tentative offer of a reunion”, in Chicago Tribune, 143d year, number 341, section 5, page 11:
  McCartneymania seemed to be a chance for the parents of Blockheads, the kids who swarmed the New Kids on the Block last week, to do a little gawking of their own.
- 1990, Anne M. Raso, New Kids on the Block Handbook, Modern Publishing, →ISBN, page 25:
  During Danny [Wood]’s solo spot in a New Kids concert, which comes about three-quarters of the way into the show, you can see five to ten minutes of the breakdancing routine that made him famous on the streets of Boston—and when he’s feeling particularly limber, he’ll spin on his head. (Please, do not attempt to do this, Blockheads)!
- 2021 April 25, Cheryl V. Jackson, “Wahlburgers gives area another high-profile brand”, in The Sunday Star, volume 118, number 290, page 8A:
  There’s no doubt it has the right stuff to lure both Blockheads and those who didn’t grow up listening to Donnie Wahlberg’s New Kids on the Block or Mark [Wahlberg]’s Funky Bunch.
- 2022, Chrishell Stause, Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 149:
  My sister Shonda and I were complete Blockheads growing up. If we heard “Step by Step” or “Please Don’t Go Girl,” it was ON.
- 2022 May 23, Tami Cupples-Hernandez, “‘Growing old together’: NKOTB Mixtape Tour 2022: A 2-hour pause on adulthood”, in The Monitor, volume 113, number 296, page 8A:
  Blockheads and music fans gathered in force to fill the arena and “Bring Back the Time” (the name of the latest New Kids song, which features tourmates En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa and Rick Astley).
- 2022 June 15, Jon Bream, “New Kids on the Block show off the right stuff with Salt-N-Pepa”, in Star Tribune, volume XLI, number 72, page B2:
  The 10,500 Blockheads’ shrieks got even louder when [Donnie] Wahlberg pulled up his shirt to show off six-pack abs on his 52-year-old body.