Fred The Red вЂ“ Rhyming slang вЂ“ the color red.Bloodnut вЂ“ A person with a head (nut) the color of blood.Belisha Beacon вЂ“ In the UK, an orange light beside a pedestrian crossing warning people of danger.Agent Orange вЂ“ poisonous herbicide вЂ“ only chosen for the name, I think!.The following are nicknames for boys with redheads: Redzee вЂ“ no definition, possibly just a variation of вЂred.вЂ™.Ranga вЂ“ from orang-utans, a red-haired ape, mostly used in Australia as a derogatory term for a redhead.Red Dog вЂ“ No definition but descriptive.Hot Head вЂ“ fiery temper ascribed to redheads.Cheeto-head вЂ“ hair the same color as a carrot or orange.Ginger Ninja вЂ“ Rhyming slang вЂ“ redhead.Ginger Nut вЂ“ the name of a ginger cookie popular in Britain which is burnt orange in color.

Fiery redhead вЂ“ hair the color of fire.

Red riding hood вЂ“ a fairytale girl who wears a cape with a red hood.

Robin вЂ“ red as the robinвЂ™s breast (itвЂ™s actually orange).

Strawberry (blondes) вЂ“ the lightest of reds, almost blonde.

Tampon Top вЂ“ conceived during menstruation (donвЂ™t use this unless you want a serious fight!).

Blue, Bluey вЂ“ Red-haired Australian soldier of WW1 (ironic).

Copper Nob/ Head/Top/ Kettle вЂ“ the color of copper, which is a red-toned metal.

Lobster (when in the sun) вЂ“ the color a lobster becomes when boiled.

Freckles вЂ“ referring to the matching freckles that accompany red hair.

вЂRoyвЂ™ is descended from the Gaelic word вЂruadhвЂ™ or red.

Highlander вЂ“ referring to Rob Roy MacGregor, a famous Scottish redheaded warrior.

Well, enough of this doom and gloom! Gingers are lustful, so we hear! Well, all I can say to that is if they are so lustful why arenвЂ™t there more of them? Myths about Gingers There was a move afoot at one stage to put вЂGingerismвЂ™ on the same par as racism and sexism as a hate crime since people have been very badly wounded in anti-ginger attacks.ДЄlso, people have even committed suicide because of bullying. Stereotypes about RedheadsДЄpparently, redheads have bad tempers! Well, who can blame them? If I were subject to the amount of abuse they have to endure on a daily basis, I might get a bit miffed myself.

Redheads, for some reason, are more likely to be left-handed! Look at a group of them and see all the southpaws.

The minute a ray of sunshine touches that pale, freckled skin, it turns a fetching shade of lobster red and burns to a crisp!

Redheads -BRRRR- feel the cold more, but donвЂ™t fare well in the heat either.

It also doesnвЂ™t fade to gray, just gradually turns to pink, then to pristine snow white!

Redheads have far fewer hairs on their heads than the rest of us, but each hair shaft is much, much thicker.

Redheads feel less pain, except in their teeth (an even better reason not to go to the dentist!) but they need more anesthetic than non-gingers for an operation.

Do you know that red-headed women have sex more often than their blonde and brunette sisters? Well, they are, after all, in my humble opinion, more beautiful!.

The вЂgingerвЂ™ appellation first referred to the вЂњhair of a light sand color,вЂќ but gradually morphed into the meaning it has today.

It also approximates the color of a ginger root, which isnвЂ™t quite so orange. Ginger was first coined in a sporting magazine in 1797 and was first used to describe the color of a fighting cockerel, which was an orange-sandy color, much like a ginger cat.

Two readheads and a dead blonde