different between codehead vs codhead

English

Etymology

code +? -head

Pronunciation

Noun

codehead (plural codeheads)

1. (slang) A computer programming enthusiast.
   • 1997, "William Coleman", Clinton acknowledges the growing Y2K panic (on newsgroup comp.software.year-2000)

     Indeed, a friend of mine who owns a coin-shop in the San Francisco Bay Area reported to me that he already has codeheads coming in to buy gold from him.

   • 2006, Steven Levy, The Trend Spotter (in 2006, Brendan I. Koerner, The Best of Technology Writing 2006)

     In serif type over a glossy white background, there is the title, often naming a computer language or protocol familiar to codeheads and gibberish to everyone else (JavaServer Faces; Essential CVS; Using Samba, 2nd Edition).

Anagrams

• coheaded, headcode

English

Etymology

From cod +? head, owing to the prevalence of fishing in the area of North Shields, Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull.

Noun

codhead (plural codheads)

1. (Tyneside, humorous) A person from North Shields, a town in County Durham, in the northeast of England.
2. (Britain) A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
3. (Britain) A person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England.
4. (Britain) A person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire.
5. (Britain) A person from Kingston upon Hull, a city in East Yorkshire