"neckbeard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-neckbeard.ogg Forms: neckbeards [plural]
Etymology: From neck + beard. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|neck|beard}} neck + beard Head templates: {{en-noun}} neckbeard (plural neckbeards)
  1. A style of facial hair wherein the beard is allowed to grow down the chin and is trimmed to an even length over the entirety of the face. Categories (topical): Beards Translations (beard style): kaulaparta (Finnish), गलमुच्छा (galmucchā) (Hindi)
    Sense id: en-neckbeard-en-noun-MxczT5tW Disambiguation of Beards: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'beard style': 100 0
  2. (slang, derogatory) A socially-inept, male nerd, typically characterized as unkempt and misogynistic. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Beards, People Translations (socially-inept, self-important male nerd): niskaparta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-neckbeard-en-noun-QtZBlaYa Disambiguation of Beards: 48 52 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hindi translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'socially-inept, self-important male nerd': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: legbeard, neckbearded, neckbeardy Related terms: fatbeard

Inflected forms

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