fern bar

noun

An upscale bar or tavern catering to single yuppies, usually decorated with ferns or other greenery.

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Meanings

nounfern bar (plural fern bars)

plural fern bars

  1. USslangAn upscale bar or tavern catering to single yuppies, usually decorated with ferns or other greenery.

    The bartender placed their pints on coasters advertising Smiles, a fern bar that used to be a few blocks up the street.

    2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 161
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APA

fern bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fern%20bar

MLA

“fern bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fern%20bar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fern bar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fern%20bar.

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