beardie-weirdie
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
beardie-weirdie (plural beardie-weirdies)
- (UK, informal) A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views.
- 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian[1]:
- When he addressed Labour Students' 30th anniversary reception at this year's Brighton conference, he must have been surprised – and probably impressed – by the lack of beardie-weirdies.
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “beardie weirdie n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang