neckbeard

English

Etymology

From neck +‎ beard.

Pronunciation

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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

Translations

beard style

Finnish: kaulaparta (fi) German: Nackenbart m Hindi: गलमुच्छा (hi) (galmucchā) Japanese: ネックベアード (ねっくべあーど, nekkubeādo)

socially-inept, self-important male nerd

Finnish: niskaparta

See also

• fatbeard

References

• “neckbeard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Anagrams

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