beardie-weirdie en · NOUN
Etymology
From beardie + weirdie.
Meanings
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(UK, informal) A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views.
When he addressed Labour Students' 30th anniversary reception at this year's Brighton conference, he must have been surprised – and probably impressed – by the lack of beardie-weirdies.
2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| weirdie-beardie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| beardy-weirdy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| beardie-weirdies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| beardie weirdie | alternative | lexicographic |