neckbeard
English
Etymology
neck + beard
Noun
neckbeard (plural neckbeards)
- 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.
- (slang) A self-important, socially inept nerd. (Compare fedora.)
- 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.
- 2011, Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap Beginner's Guide
Derived terms
- neckbearded
References
- neckbeard at OneLook Dictionary Search