Headache Meaning

"The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it. On taking it out of my net and opening the glorious wings, my heart began to beat violently, the blood rushed to my head, and I felt much more like fainting than I have done when in apprehension of immediate death. I had a headache the rest of the day, so great was the excitement produced by what will appear to most people a very inadequate cause." — 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 51:

"Sometimes on television they tell you a product is "good for headaches." I don't want something that's good for headaches. I want something that's bad for headaches. And good for me." — 1997, George Carlin, “Sports Roundup”, in Brain Droppings, New York City: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:

"CNN spoke recently with several Conyers residents who said they still have blurry vision, shortness of breath, throat irritation or chronic headaches since the chemical plant fire." — 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:

"Bogland now dominates the scene and the construction engineers must have suffered many a headache in seeking to secure a firm foundation." — 1957 May 26, Walter McGrath, “The Thurles-Clonmel Line, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 319: