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neckbeards

neckbeards is the plural of neckbeard.

Meaning of neckbeard

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.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A socially-inept, male nerd, typically characterized as unkempt.
    • Many front-end web developers may not have implemented a web service before, leaving that boring stuff to the neckbeards and the sysadmins.2011, Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap Beginner's Guide

Questions about neckbeards

What is neckbeards the plural of?
Neckbeards is the plural of neckbeard.

Words near neckbeards in the dictionary

  1. neckbands
  2. neckbeard
  3. neckbearded
  4. neckbeardier
  5. neckbeardiest
  6. neckbeards
  7. neckbeardy
  8. neckbeef
  9. neckbiter
  10. neckbiters
  11. neckbone

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