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neckbeardy en · ADJ

Etymology

From neckbeard (“socially-inept, self-important male nerd”) + -y.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) Resembling, characteristic of, or related to neckbeards.
   • The Not-We might still imagine a geek to be some stereotypical neckbeardy guy, but my experience of fandom is full of women. 2015 March 11, Patrick Sproull, “Susie Day: Fangirl? Me? Yep, you got me”, in The Guardian:
   • And though 35mm repertory screenings often attract a pretty neckbeardy crowd, women are making up a sizeable percentage of the audience at this event. 2018 September, William Webb, “Trash Talk”, in Scalarama, page 12:
   • And just as many of the more benign memes originate from the dark, neckbearded recesses of the internet, this, too, has burrowed up from the darkest and neckbeardiest site of them all: 4Chan. 2018 November, Jonathan Gluff, “The Write Stuff”, in News 4U, page 66:

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