bluehair

plural bluehairs · alternative blue hair · alternative blue-hair

1. countablederogatoryhumorousslanguncountableAn elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.First known use since 1980s

   “Anyone can join,” O'Neill says. “We have age ranges from children to blue hairs.”

   2019, Chris O'Neill, quoted in Jordan Bradley, "Do Something Different: Try These Alternative Recreation Options", Encore (Michigan), June 2019, page 25

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   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

   Synonyms: fogey, fossil, fuddy-duddy, geezer, old-timer

2. countablederogatoryslanguncountableA young or naive supporter of social-justice causes.First known use since 2010s

   There's a sizeable cohort of gullible bluehairs who'd protest outside a lake if someone told them carp were an anti-trans hate group.

   2022 March 24, TAFKAMacM (@TAFKAMacM), Twitter

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   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: social justice warrior, wokester