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Zipperhead
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(Canada) a soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or an Armoured Crewman
Slang
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
zipperheads
What does "zipperhead" mean in Canadian military slang?
The structure combines "zipper" (referring to the zipper on a tank crewman's coverall or the tracks of an armoured vehicle) with "head," forming a nickname for a specific soldier. It is used in Canada, within the Canadian Forces, to refer to a soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or an Armoured Crewman, often as a term of pride among members but sometimes as a teasing or derogatory term from other branches. People typically say "He's a zipperhead" or "The zipperheads are doing maneuvers."
Examples
The zipperhead prepared the tank for inspection.



























