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A drug user or addict. Hophead is an umbrella term for users of everything from cocaine to marijuana (or 'tea' - which is a jazz era term, not one that originated with the Beats as is erroneously noted elsewhere @ the Urban Dictionary) to benzedrine (aka 'bennies'/amphetamine). The term sprang from the early jazz scene in 1920's/30's America.

Decades later, beer aficionados appropriated the term to refer to themselves (with a wry tip of the hat to it's original meaning).
Mezz Mezzrow, an early marijuana dealer, smoked his own product and was himself a hophead.
Hophead by Mike Compton October 5, 2007
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Early 1900s term for a cocaine addict. Used frequently in the 1935 drug propaganda film "Cocaine Fiends"
"I gotta have dope. I'm a hophead!"
hophead by AndyStro March 22, 2007
A lover of all beers hoppy. A hophead espouses the merits of India Pale Ales, Russian Imperial Stouts, and other highly hopped beers. A hophead may even chew fresh hops in an attempt to quench his insatiable desire for hops. A hophead would sooner suffer castration than drink the typical BMC (Bud /Miller/Coors) swill.
<Beer Drinker #1> Wow, I just tried Three Floyds' Dreadnaught Imperial IPA. It's a hop orgasm in a bottle.
<Beer Drinker #2> You, sir, are a hophead.
hophead by ugly2 June 12, 2006
Wow, my two roommates are a couple of hopheads. They smoke all the time.
hophead by eebb March 14, 2006

hophead's prayer 

prayer said to the god of intox that good 'product' will come around!
big bull said a hophead's prayer before he went to sleep

Hip Hop Head 

A Hip Hop Head is someone that embodies the Hip Hop culture usually consisting of an avid interest or participation in Hip Hop Music, MCing, Djing, Breakdancing and Graffiti Art.

A Hip Hop Head is usually more into underground/independant Hip Hop rather than the more commercial/mainstream rap heard on the radio.

A Hip Hop Head also has a great knowledge in the history of Hip Hop stemming from the roots in the South Bronx up until the modern day.

A Hip Hop Head Lives For Hip Hop!!
A Hip Hop Head is someone who lives for all or most aspects of Hip Hop Culture.
Hip Hop Head by TextBuk December 15, 2008
"Who's the hoghead on the maltby turn? "