Citations:bluehair
English citations of bluehair and blue hair
Noun: "(slang, derogatory or humorous) an elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out-of-touch. " edit
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- 1997, Karin Vonesh, "Who are the worst drivers of all?", Southwords (Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL), Volume 34, Issue 7, 19 December 1997, page 3:
- I have memories from a young age in which my father is yelling about "blue hairs" and their inability to drive. And everyone remembers that scene in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in which the old lady cannot see over the steering wheel and is swerving down the road.
- 2006, Samantha Campos, "This Week's Picks", Maui Time Weekly, 30 November 2006, page 24:
- […] eventually working his way to opening for the Beach Boys and Tom Jones—and oh, those panty-throwing blue hairs loved our Bumatai!
- 2010, John L. Smith, "Reporter's Notebook, 2020", Desert Companion, January/February 2020, page 31:
- By 2020, that “fossil-rich” designation defines Sun City, where visitors are admonished not to feed the endangered and irascible Blue Hairs.
- 2010, Matt Prigge, Orlando review, Philadelphia Weekly, 4 August 2010 - 10 August 2010, page 32 (approx.):
- It does, however, retain the book's sly inquiry into gender and sexual politics, slipping queer cinema past the bluehairs that once made it an art-house hit.
- 2011, Lola Newmar, Devlin's Beast (page 33)
- He'd recently swiped the little orange bottle of OxyContin from the old hag he often watched on Tuesday nights when her cold, indifferent middle-aged daughter played bingo with the other bluehairs from the strip-mall salon she frequented.
- 2019, Dan Bain, "Dining Ouch", Midtown Magazine, July/August 2016, page 37:
- Even more especially when shouted in front of a group of post-church blue hairs sitting nearby.
- 2019, Chris O'Neill, quoted in Jordan Bradley, "Do Something Different: Try These Alternative Recreation Options", Encore (Michigan), June 2019, page 25:
- “Anyone can join,” O'Neill says. “We have age ranges from children to blue hairs.”
- 2019, Tony Cianci, "Letter From Tony Cianci", Full Throttle Magazine, October 2019, page 8:
- Be sure to be safe while riding and watch out for the snowbirds and blue hairs that will be flocking to the area the next few months.
Noun: "(slang, derogatory) a young or naive supporter of social-justice causes" edit
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- 2020 December 11, Anon who hates eugenics (@eugenicskun), Twitter[5]:
- So wait, their objection to you is that you're TOO COMMIE? Like, the archetypical leftist in a conservative's mind is a bluehair who is obsessive about sexual politics and every fad. It's not an undeserved reputation, but you're very much not that. These guys are out of touch.