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baldist

baldist adjective: discriminatory against bald or balding people.

Adjective

baldist (comparative more baldist, superlative most baldist)

  1. (humorous) Discriminatory against bald or balding people.
    • "I’ve had baldist/homophobic abuse in the street a couple of times and I’ve even been asked on the Tube: ‘Are you BNP, mate?’"2018 September 2, Richard Godwin, “How close is a cure for baldness?”, in The Guardian
    • The statement noted that the announcement "comes after years of 'baldist' press reports that have confused the two famously clean shaven, African-American members of Congress."2019 April 4, Richard Hinds, “Lewis posts April Fools' Day announcement that he'll grow beard to stop being confused with Cummings”, in The Hill

Noun

baldist (plural baldists)

  1. (humorous) One who discriminates against bald or balding people.
    • "Elaine, have you ever gone out with a bald man?" / "No." / "You know what that makes you? A baldist."1991 Larry David, Bob Shaw & Don McEnery, "The Tape," Seinfeld, Season 3, Episode 8 (first aired 13 November, 1991), spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (played by Jerry Seinfeld)
    • We must speak only of the Follicley^([sic]) Challenged to avoid being branded a baldist […]1993, Theatre record, volume 13, numbers 10-19, page 747

Forms of baldist

Adjective
comparativemore baldist
superlativemost baldist
Noun
pluralbaldists

Origin of baldist

From bald + -ist. Popularized by the television sitcom Seinfeld, in the episode "The Tape".

Questions about baldist

What does baldist mean?
Baldist means discriminatory against bald or balding people.
What part of speech is baldist?
Baldist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near baldist in the dictionary

  1. Baldinis
  2. Baldino
  3. Baldinos
  4. Baldis
  5. baldish
  6. baldist
  7. baldists
  8. baldly
  9. baldmaxx
  10. baldmaxxed
  11. baldmaxxes

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