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Panhead

noun

Panhead is a noun meaning “A fan of the American Christian rock band Skillet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-N-H-E-A-D, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Panhead is Panheads.

What does Panhead mean?

noun

  1. 1

    slangA fan of the American Christian rock band Skillet.

    With the kick-off of Skillet's 52-city Awake and Alive tour, it is evident that they won't have difficulty find an American following, as Panheads (a moniker for Skillet fans) across the nation are turning up by the hordes.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Panhead

  • Panheads plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is Panhead?

Panhead appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does Panhead come from?

From pan + head, a punning reference to the band's name.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).