Chowderhead is a mispronunciation of jolterhead, a derivative of the 16th-century insult jolt head. Before being extended to a thickheaded person (i.e., a blockhead), the term jolt head was used literally for a large, heavy head.

What does chowder mean in slang?

/ ˈtʃaʊ dərˌhɛd / PHONETIC RESPELLING. ? College Level. noun. Slang. a stupid person; blockhead.

Where did the term pip squeak come from?

Pipsqueak is an echoic word, which imitates a sound. Pipsqueak seems to have first appeared in the 1890s. It comes from the words pip, which refers to a small thing, and squeak, a word which signifies the sound that a small bird or animal makes under duress.