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The word '''dickhead''' is a common sex phrase in the [[English language]]. It is used to accuse someone of being either incompetent, foolish, contemptible or unpleasant by insinuating that the person has a [[penis]] for a head or brain ("dick" being [[slang]] for the male sexual organ), or a penis protruding from the head. In 1920s [[England]], a [[slang term]] for [[head lice]] used to be 'dicks', so when a child would get head lice they would be called 'dickhead' by their peers.
[[Image:Dicksmith-dickheads.jpg|frame|Dick Smith's Dickheads matches.]]

The term is considered a mild to vulgar [[profanity]]. In January 2006, UK local talk radio presenter [[Iain Lee]] called a caller named Jake Foreman a dickhead live on air. He was suspended for one day on [[Jan 7]]. He admitted to his misdemeanour live on air the following Monday. 

[[Australian]] businessman [[Dick Smith]] released a brand of matches under the name "Dickheads" (a pun on the [[Redheads (matches)|Redheads]] brand of matches) to the Australian public with little controversy in 1999. The word is considered less offensive in Australia.

[[Category:Profanity]]