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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
jarhead

"U.S. Marine," by 1985 (but in a biographical book with a World War II setting), from jar + head. Also used as a general term of insult (by 1979) and by 1922 as a Georgia dialectal word for "mule."

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jarhead

n. (context slang English) A US marine.

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Jarhead

Jarhead is a nickname for members of the United States Marine Corps.

Jarhead may also refer to:

  • Jarhead (book), Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of his experiences as a U.S. Marine in the First Gulf War
    • Jarhead (film), the 2005 film adaptation of Swofford's book
    • Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014), the sequel to the 2005 film
    • Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016), the sequel to the 2014 film
Jarhead (film)

Jarhead is a 2005 biographical drama military film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard and Chris Cooper. The title comes from the slang term used to refer to United States Marines.

Jarhead (book)

Jarhead is a 2003 Gulf War memoir by author and former U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford. After leaving military service, the author went on to college and earned a master's degree in Fine Arts at the University of Iowa.

Usage examples of "jarhead".

Boy, he thought, some lucky jarhead, to be married to a woman like that!

However, I do happen to have a bunch of travel money left, so I suppose I can waste some on helping out a jarhead in need.

He knew that an expert, even a jarhead bullet mapet like a Marine FAC, would help.

There was a momentary truce between the jarheads and sailors blocking the doorway.

I showed up in army green and I beat all of you miserable jarheads hands down.

Eschewing inter-service rivalry, soldiers and jarheads overturned cars parked in front of a bodega while navy youths in skivvies and white bell-bottoms truncheoned the shit out of an outnumbered bunch of zooters on the sidewalk next door.

The jarheads were taking roundhouse swipes at him with their two-by-fours, missing as Blanchard moved sideways and back and forth on the balls of his feet.

Surely those two jarheads knew better than to tell a lie to Raul Laporte, just to get out from under their gambling debts.

And this is Charley Rogers, who the jarheads around here refer tobehind our backs, of courseas the 'Retread Doggie General's Retread Dog Robber.

And this is Charley Rogers, who the jarheads around here refer to-behind our backs, of course-as the 'Retread Doggie General's Retread Dog Robber.

Some credulous fools actually believe the rumor that it is merely a complete 200%-scale replica of the Taj Mahal, built by enslaved Marines, but savvy jarheads know that it is actually a much vaster compound built out of construction materials stolen from Navy hospital ships, dotted with pleasure domes and fuck houses for his string of Asiatic concubines, with a soaring cupola so high that The General can go up there and see what the Nips are doing to his extensive real estate holdings in Manila, 1,500 miles to the northwest.

On one of the few occasions during the voyage to Diamunde that Marine Raptor drivers were allowed in the Hellcats' wardroom, some of those damn jarheads had laughed about how much fun the screaming meemie was!