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nerd glasses en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (dated, plural, plural-only) Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by nerds and members of the hipster subculture.
   • The conference room is full of teenagers who are being addressed by a middle-aged man with a beard and a Hawaiian-style black-and-yellow shirt with Asian letters in lieu of tropical flowers. He has translucent brown nerd glasses, and he wears a pair of furry bear ears on top of his head. 2008, Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People, Simon & Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, part 2, 133:
   • This is where grassroots trends like fedoras, graffiti prints, plaid shirts, nerd glasses, messenger bags, and granny boots originated. 2012, Lois Joy Johnson, The Wardrobe Wakeup: Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at Any Age, Running Press, →ISBN, page 254:
   • Steven also acknowledged that his presentation of self—wild locs, nerd glasses, and holey hipster jeans for our first interview—encourages whites to speak to him. 2014, Zandria F. Robinson, chapter 3, in This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 111:

Synonyms

hipster glasses