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bluehair

bluehair noun: an elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.

Noun

bluehair (countable and uncountable, plural bluehairs)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang) An elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.
    • I have memories from a young age in which my father is yelling about "blue hairs" and their inability to drive. And everyone remembers that scene in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in which the old lady cannot see over the steering wheel and is swerving down the road.1997, Karin Vonesh, "Who are the worst drivers of all?", Southwords (Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL), Volume 34, Issue 7, 19 December 1997, page 3
    • He'd recently swiped the little orange bottle of OxyContin from the old hag he often watched on Tuesday nights when her cold, indifferent middle-aged daughter played bingo with the other bluehairs from the strip-mall salon she frequented.2011, Lola Newmar, Devlin's Beast, page 33
  2. (derogatory, slang) A young or naive supporter of social-justice causes.
    • Trump is demolishing America's institutions - including the media FAKE, FAKE, FAKE - and this chucklehead is worried about offending a bluehair.2019 September 29, Pitt Griffin (@pittgriffin), Twitter
    • Americans thinking it was based to worship capitalism to own the bluehairs while bitching about big tech silencing them was so embarrassing.2021 January 18, hassiktirbok (@UQSKnotme), Twitter

Synonyms of bluehair

Forms of bluehair

pluralbluehairs
alternative formblue hair
alternative formblue-hair

Origin of bluehair

From blue + hair. The "elderly person" sense, first documented in the 1980s, refers to the blue rinse once used by older women to conceal grey hair. The second sense emerged from the stereotypical association of dyed blue hair with social-justice activists.

Questions about bluehair

What does bluehair mean?
Bluehair means an elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.
What part of speech is bluehair?
Bluehair is a noun.
What is the plural of bluehair?
The plural of bluehair is bluehairs.

Words near bluehair in the dictionary

  1. bluegrassers
  2. bluegrasses
  3. bluegrassy
  4. bluegum
  5. bluegums
  6. bluehair
  7. bluehairs
  8. bluehead
  9. blueheads
  10. blueing
  11. blueings

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