gulliver
The origin and history of gulliver.
Etymology
The slang sense comes from Russian golová ("head"), popularized through the invented Nadsat slang in Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel "A Clockwork Orange," with its spelling influenced by the name Gulliver.
Class of 1962
gulliver first entered the language around 1962. Other words from the same year:
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