longhairs

noun

plural of longhair
as in intellectuals
a person with strong intellectual interests long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college

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  1. intellectuals
  2. nerds
Noun
  • Katherine Kelaidis argues that figures such as Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Joanne Freeman, Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Kevin Kruse have become a new class of liberal public intellectuals, translating the past into political commentary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Childers, an associate professor of history at Colorado State University, said his concern is that, since the late 1970s, conservative intellectuals have pushed to privatize the park even further.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of intellectuals
Noun
  • It should be noted that this screening was not a novelty — a one-off, all-night experience for Nolan nerds and Classics majors.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • What Comic-Con is to nerds, Fanatics Fest is to sports nerds.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of nerds
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