Head and Prompt

Head

Head verb - To go on a specified course or in a certain direction.

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Prompt and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prompt" instead a verb "Head".

Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

Prompt verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Head and prompt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead a verb "Prompt".

old	old head	old prompt
normal	normal head	normal prompt
original	original head	original prompt
new	new head	new prompt
Other adjectives: next, different.

This is a stock gag in Dork Tower, where a sufficiently annoying situation will prompt any of the main characters to bang their head against the nearest wall or table.

Source: Head Desk
His assertiveness in standing up to the scary head nurse proves to Elliot that he isn't a doormat after all and she "realizes" Carla was only acting so mean to prompt Keith into defending Elliot.

Source: Rightly Self-Righteous
It's a reference to an early strip involving a l33t-speak DOS prompt in Reset Man's head, visible whenever he closed his eyes.

Source: Unsound Effect

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