Definition of "Blockhead"
Blockhead
noun
plural Blockheads
(slang) A fan of the American boy band New Kids on the Block.
Quotations
McCartneymania seemed to be a chance for the parents of Blockheads, the kids who swarmed the New Kids on the Block last week, to do a little gawking of their own.
1989 December 7, David Silverman, “Harrison rejects McCartney’s tentative offer of a reunion”, in Chicago Tribune, 143d year, number 341, section 5, page 11
During Danny [Wood]’s solo spot in a New Kids concert, which comes about three-quarters of the way into the show, you can see five to ten minutes of the breakdancing routine that made him famous on the streets of Boston—and when he’s feeling particularly limber, he’ll spin on his head. (Please, do not attempt to do this, Blockheads)!
1990, Anne M. Raso, New Kids on the Block Handbook, Modern Publishing, page 25
There’s no doubt it has the right stuff to lure both Blockheads and those who didn’t grow up listening to Donnie Wahlberg’s New Kids on the Block or Mark [Wahlberg]’s Funky Bunch.
2021 April 25, Cheryl V. Jackson, “Wahlburgers gives area another high-profile brand”, in The Sunday Star, volume 118, number 290, page 8A
Blockheads and music fans gathered in force to fill the arena and “Bring Back the Time” (the name of the latest New Kids song, which features tourmates En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa and Rick Astley).
2022 May 23, Tami Cupples-Hernandez, “‘Growing old together’: NKOTB Mixtape Tour 2022: A 2-hour pause on adulthood”, in The Monitor, volume 113, number 296, page 8A