Cheesehead

Cheesehead is a nickname or derogatory term that refers to a person from Wisconsin or the Netherlands , referring to the large volume of cheese production in those locales. It also pertains to obsessive fans of popular Internet comedy writer, John Cheese.

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Wisconsin - Netherlands - Cheese - Internet - Comedy - Writer - John Cheese

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The term also is the name of a brand of hat that is shaped like a large wedge of cheese (generally made out of some light plastic or foam). They are primarily worn in Wisconsin, generally at the football games of the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay Packers fans wearing these hats are called Cheeseheads.

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Hat - Cheese - Plastic - Foam - Wisconsin - Football - Green Bay Packers

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The original display of a "cheesehead" hat was at a Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago White Sox game in 1987 when the Brewers started the season 13-0. It was handmade out of foam and painted yellow. The wearer of that original foam hat then had the idea of starting a business selling cheeseheads hats.

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The 'Cheesehead' trademark is owned by Foamation Inc. of St. Francis, Wisconsin, who began manufacture of the wearable, foam cheesehead in 1987.

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St. Francis, Wisconsin - 1987

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