neckbeard

English

Etymology

neck +‎ beard

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

neckbeard (plural neckbeards)

1. A style of facial hair wherein the beard is allowed to grow down the chin and is trimmed to an even length over the entirety of the face.
2. (slang, derogatory) A socially-inept, male nerd, typically characterized as unkempt and misogynistic.
   • 2011, Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap Beginner's Guide:

     Many front-end web developers may not have implemented a web service before, leaving that boring stuff to the neckbeards and the sysadmins.

Derived terms

• legbeard
• neckbearded
• neckbeardy

See also

• fatbeard

Translations

beard style

• Finnish: kaulaparta (fi)
• Hindi: गलमुच्छा (hi) (galmucchā)

socially-inept, self-important male nerd

• Finnish: niskaparta

References

• “neckbeard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• brackened