Cheesehead

Cheesehead
A man wearing a cheesehead hat in a football stadium
A Packers fan wearing Cheesehead hat
Origin/etymologySports
Meaning
Original formDerogatory term, now a common nickname
ContextWisconsin is "America's Dairyland"

Cheesehead is a nickname in the United States for a person from Wisconsin[1] or for a fan of the Green Bay Packers. Cheesehead is also an insult used for Dutch people.

  1. ^ Kapler, Joseph, Jr. "On Wisconsin Icons: When You Say 'Wisconsin', What Do You Say?" Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 85, no. 3 (Spring 2002), pp. 18–31.