neckbeard

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English

Etymology

From neck +‎ beard.

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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.

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  • “neckbeard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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