DCHP-2

square head square-head, squarehead DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• 1 n. — Ethnicities, derogatory, extremely offensive, historical

  someone of German descent; till around 1900 also of Northern European descent.

  Type: 6. Memorial — The term has been used to refer to a number of nationalities (see the second fist note), yet seems to have settled early on the Germans (see the 1915 quotation in the context of World War I). World War II (see the 1944 and 2013 quotations), then cemented the use on that nationality.

  See also: kraut  

  • The term is included for reasons of historical accuracy and completeness. It is not intended, as clearly indicated in the usage labels "derogatory" and "extremely offensive", as a term for current use or a term, meaning or usage that is in any way condoned.
  • The term has been used in a number of contexts for a number of people. In 1904, The New York Times wrote “In the parlance of English and American sailors [...] all Northern Europeans are squareheads, whether they be Swedes, Dutchmen, Germans…”. Some years earlier, in 1898, The Times (London, UK) said the term was used by the French to insult German Alsatians. The earliest Canadian attestation, from Alberta, refers to Swedes (see the 1912 quotation).

• 2 n. — Ethnicities, derogatory, offensive [< loan translation of Canadian French 'tête carrée']

  (when used by Francophone Canadians) an English Canadian.

  Type: 6. Memorial — A loan translation from French, the term has been used especially in print sources since 1976, when the sovereignist/separatist Parti Québécois came to power in the province, taking a counter-stance to Anglophone hegemony in Quebec.

  See also: peasoup ((1))  peasouper  

  • The term is included for reasons of historical accuracy and completeness. It is not intended, as clearly indicated in the usage labels "derogatory" and "extremely offensive", as a term for current use or a term, meaning or usage that is in any way condoned.