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  • Justin Bieberundefined Offline
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    A derogatory term used in reference to people of Asian descent.

    It is said to have been coined during the Korean war by frontline troops whom had run over enemy troops in jeeps.

    The soldiers claimed that the tire tracks from the jeeps left a pattern resembling that of a closed zipper along the corpse.

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      Clint Eastwoods favorite racial slur in Gran Torino.

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        A racial slur referring to people of East [Asian] descent, coined by US soldiers during the Korean War. There are multiple proposed origins, but the most commonly accepted is that it if enemy Asian soldiers were shot in the head with high-powered weapons, their heads would split as if they had been unzipped. Another origin could be that when enemy soldiers were ran over by military Jeeps, there would be tire tracks on them that resembled zippers. Its violent origin makes it a particularly derogatory pejorative.
        It is often shortened to [zip], though zip as a racial pejorative may have separate origins of its own

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          Coined during the korean war and became widely popular during the vietnam war. Referring to the way the head of an asian enemy tended to split open when shot in the middle of the forehead. This splitting is due to the frontal skull suture found in mongoloid bone structure. massive directed trauma to the forehead will often cause the skull to split along the suture line causing the head to appear as if opened by a zipper.

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            Someone who has had brain surgery-their scar resembles a zipper

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              A cunt.

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                booga sugaa

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                  A zipperhead is a [derogatory] term for [Asians]. [Mean] but funny at the same time.

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                    A person who has undergone [decompression] surgery to relieve pressure on the brain stem and to allow the cerebral spinal fluid to flow properly. Ususally as a result of trama or a condition known as Arnold [Chiari Malformation] in which the brain can become [herniated] down the spinal cord. The resulting scar looks like a zipper up the back of the head.

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                      This term was started during the Vietnam conflict to describe a [Vietcong] tactic.
                      After killing a GI in combat, the Vietcong split a soldiers head with a machete, then insert a live hand grenade with the pin removed. Replacing the helmet hides the [booby trap].
                      When medics come to recover the dead, moving the body will cause the helmet to fall off and release the grenade, killing or maiming anyone in the immediate area.
                      Zipperhead describes the mutilation that the Vietcong inflicted on [fallen soldiers].

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                        One who [extends] the realms of their though, as though through unzipping their minds. Usually involves the use of [LSD] and other [psychedelic drugs].

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                          This term was started during the Vietnam conflict to describe a [Vietcong] tactic.
                          After killing a GI in combat, the Vietcong split a soldiers head with a machete, then insert a live hand grenade with the pin removed. Replacing the helmet hides the [booby trap].
                          When medics come to recover the dead, moving the body will cause the helmet to fall off and release the grenade, killing or maiming anyone in the immediate area.
                          Zipperhead describes the mutilation that the Vietcong inflicted on [fallen soldiers].

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                          Bullshit

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                          • Sommerundefined Sommer

                            This term was started during the Vietnam conflict to describe a [Vietcong] tactic.
                            After killing a GI in combat, the Vietcong split a soldiers head with a machete, then insert a live hand grenade with the pin removed. Replacing the helmet hides the [booby trap].
                            When medics come to recover the dead, moving the body will cause the helmet to fall off and release the grenade, killing or maiming anyone in the immediate area.
                            Zipperhead describes the mutilation that the Vietcong inflicted on [fallen soldiers].

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                            @Sommer This is wrong.

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                              A zipperhead is a [derogatory] term for [Asians]. [Mean] but funny at the same time.

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                              @gregory how is it funny u dumbfuck

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                                Used as a derogatory label for someone that is light-headed enough (usually from drugs/drink) to figure out, get talking, and generally manipulate.

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                                  One who [extends] the realms of their though, as though through unzipping their minds. Usually involves the use of [LSD] and other [psychedelic drugs].

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                                  @monty It has been used as a derogative for mental lightweights that use drugs.

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                                    booga sugaa

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                                    Why is this even posted?

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                                    • Sommerundefined Sommer

                                      This term was started during the Vietnam conflict to describe a [Vietcong] tactic.
                                      After killing a GI in combat, the Vietcong split a soldiers head with a machete, then insert a live hand grenade with the pin removed. Replacing the helmet hides the [booby trap].
                                      When medics come to recover the dead, moving the body will cause the helmet to fall off and release the grenade, killing or maiming anyone in the immediate area.
                                      Zipperhead describes the mutilation that the Vietcong inflicted on [fallen soldiers].

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                                      Guest
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                                      @sommer not true at all. First the Vietnamese didnt

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