Neckbeard

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    A socially-inept, male nerd, typically characterized as unkempt and misogynistic. derogatory, slang

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

Synonyms

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newgate fringe

Example

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"It goes without saying he had a neckbeard."

Etymology

From neck + beard.

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