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beardie-weirdie

noun

Etymology

From beardie + weirdie.

  1. borrowed from weird
  2. derived from *wert-✻
  3. derived from *wurdiz✻
  4. derived from *wurdi✻
  5. derived from wyrd
  6. derived from werde
  7. suffixed as weirdie — “weird + ie”
  8. formed as beardie-weirdie — “beardie + weirdie”

Definitions

  1. A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or…

    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.

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