2007-01-13 01:32:27 · 5 answers · asked by Psychotic Clown 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You have had some sort of surgery that required the removal of part of the skull, which was replaced by a metal or plastic plate.
It is a left-handed way of saying someone has brain damage, an insult.
2007-01-13 01:37:06 · answer #1 · answered by J.R. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone 'has a plate in thier head' it means that they have had a surgical repair job and a piece of metal was installed there. It might be used in your local slang to mean that the person is a little 'simple' or 'slow'.
2007-01-13 01:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by FreddyBoy1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never come acrossed that saying, but maybe they meant you walk straight, as if you have a "plate on your head", you walk very regal I guess.
Ohhh, I misread the question, plate IN their head not ON :p Sorry.
2007-01-13 01:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by gameplan_xtreme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello =)
My grandfather had one...
And when I was a boy, I was sure that I could see the outline of a tea-saucer under his scalp at the back, where his "flat spot" was, because he was bald there.
But, sadly, that was just my imagination.
If your skull becomes fractured so badly that it cannot heal on its own, they will use a piece of surgical steel or gold to bridge the broken bone.....hence it is a metal "plate" and not a "dinner plate" as I originally thought....
Much less charming, but much more medically effective, I imagine.
Namaste,
--Tom
2007-01-13 01:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by glassnegman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means you are hard headed!
2007-01-13 01:37:51 · answer #5 · answered by bunnicula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋