beardie-weirdie

English

Alternative forms

beardie weirdie, beardy-weirdy, weirdie-beardie

Etymology

From beardie +‎ weirdie.

Noun

beardie-weirdie (plural beardie-weirdies)

(UK, informal) A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views.
- 2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian‎:
  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.

Further reading

Jonathon Green (2024) “beardie weirdie n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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