lampshade hat

Party costume accessory

A lampshade hat is a hat shaped like a lampshade—cylindrical or slightly flared, worn tilted on the head.

The term most often describes the comic image of someone at a party who has put an actual lampshade on their head, the universal symbol of drunken revelry: He was the lampshade-hat guy at every office party.

Related

costume party · lampshade · camp · kitsch · surrealism · novelty · eccentricity · cloche · caricature · wire frame · cone shape · fez · drunk · fashion · decoration · slapstick · photo booth · theatricality

Opposites
social behavior/party demeanor

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Shy person avoiding socializing

designated driver · teetotaler · party pooper · decorum · propriety

headwear legitimacy

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Tall formal headwear

fascinator · tiara · crown · pillbox hat

social inhibition/behavior at gatherings

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Shy person avoiding socializing

shrinking violet · reserved demeanor · social anxiety · buttoned-up · party pooper

Family

lamp, shade, lamps, shades, lamped, lamping, lamplight, shaded, shading

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G