My friends daughter uses the word noodles for the word head.i think its funny.its got me saying come on people use your noodles.anyone else got any funny names for your head
'Noodle' has been slang for the head for about 100 years and that probably came from 'noddle' meaning specifically the back of the head for more like 600 years! In parts of Scotland, 'neep' - a shortened form of 'turnip' - is sometimes used for head, in a similar way to Epstein's 'swede'.
Nous, usually written without an 'e', comes from the Greek word for 'mind'. As such, it has taken on the meaning of 'intelligence' or 'gumption'...common sense. The connection with the head is clear enough, though I have never actually heard the word used to mean the head itself. Perhaps it's a local thing?
When I was a kid people often called your head your "napper". NIce to be back, by the way - I've been avoiding the British winter for the last couple of months, and I didn't have access to a computer. Strangely, I survived.......