longhair

longhair
1. n. a highbrow with long hair; especially a musician.
There were a few longhairs at the bar, but none of the reg- lars.
I am sort of a longhair, but I still watch TV.
2. mod. highbrow; [of music] classical.
I don’t care for longhair music.
It’s too longhair.
Longhair stuff like symphonies and art galleries bores me to tears.
3. n. a hippy; a long-haired youth of the 1960s. (Usually derogatory.)
Tell that longhair to get out of here.
There are fewer longhairs around here than there were in the sixties.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • longhair — ☆ longhair [lôŋ′her΄ ] n. 1. a domestic cat with fur made up of relatively long hairs 2. Informal a) an intellectual; specif., a longhair musician b) a person, esp. a male, with long hair; specif., a HIPPIE: sometimes used disparagingly adj.… …   English World dictionary

  • longhair — (n.) also long hair, cat with long hair, 1893, from LONG (Cf. long) (adj.) + HAIR (Cf. hair). As intellectual, especially in musical tastes, devotee of classical music, 1920. Sense of hippie attested from 1969 …   Etymology dictionary

  • longhair — /lawng hair , long /, Informal. n. 1. Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual. 2. a person, often gifted, who is very interested in or devoted to the arts, esp. a performer, composer, or lover of classical music. 3. a person having long hair, esp …   Universalium

  • longhair — I. 1. noun slang A male hippie. Who s that longhair? It s Joe. 2. An intellectual who prefers classical music to jazz or acid rock. Catwallender is a regular longhair; he never listens to modern jazz. II. adj slang Pertaining to classical art… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • longhair(1) — 1. {n.}, {slang} A male hippie. * /Who s that longhair? It s Joe./ 2. An intellectual who prefers classical music to jazz or acid rock. * /Catwallender is a regular longhair; he never listens to modern jazz./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • longhair(1) — 1. {n.}, {slang} A male hippie. * /Who s that longhair? It s Joe./ 2. An intellectual who prefers classical music to jazz or acid rock. * /Catwallender is a regular longhair; he never listens to modern jazz./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • longhair(2) — {adj.}, {slang} Pertaining to classical art forms, primarily in dancing and music. * /Cut out that longhair Mozart Symphony and put on a decent pop record!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • longhair(2) — {adj.}, {slang} Pertaining to classical art forms, primarily in dancing and music. * /Cut out that longhair Mozart Symphony and put on a decent pop record!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • longhair — noun Date: 1920 1. an impractical intellectual 2. a person of artistic gifts or interests; especially a lover of classical music 3. a person with long hair; especially hippie 4. a domestic cat having long outer fur • long haired or longhair… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • longhair — 1. noun a) A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non conventional or a hippie. b) A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music. 2. adjective Concerning or characteristic of… …   Wiktionary

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