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[LeroyPantwether]

I think neckbeard is one of the worst cases of semantic shift. Neckbeard refers to when you are overweight and have so much neck fat that the fat hangs out and looks like a beard. Nothing to do with being unshaven.

What really? This can't be true.

 

[Oreoleo]

Hard line, my neck beard goes too far down my neck to be acceptable.

 

[Discourse]

It depends on which barber I go to. I've liked the fade look since I started shaving my head.

 

[danowat]

Hard line, my neck beard goes too far down my neck to be acceptable.

Yeah, if I don't have a hard line, my beard goes down so far that it starts to combine with my chest hair.........

 

[overcast]

Hard line looks weird on me because my facial hair is kinda whack tbh.

Honestly hoping a few spots fill in as I get older :[

 

[ZackieChan]

I thought neckbeard meant that you shave your face but leave your neck hairy. I realize now that makes no sense.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Spoiler

that guy is insanely attractive

 

[MarkMclovin]

Can't beat natural.

 

[LeroyPantwether]

I thought neckbeard meant that you shave your face but leave your neck hairy. I realize now that makes no sense.

Nah it makes sense, that other poster is full of shit.

 

[ZackieChan]

Nah it makes sense, that other poster is full of shit.

I'm sure it actually means that you remain unshaven and slovenly looking. If you bother to trim it or you're hot with the untrimmed stubble, you would not be a neckbeard.

 

[johancruijff]

Once your beard gets large enough it doesn't matter.

ayup

answer is it depends, on the beard, on the face and on what you are going for

generally if you're thin and have a good jaw you can do the hard clean line, if you're not you have a case of fat man beard

 

[stryker1138]

I think neckbeard is one of the worst cases of semantic shift. Neckbeard refers to when you are overweight and have so much neck fat that the fat hangs out and looks like a beard. Nothing to do with being unshaven.

I have literally never heard it used this way.

 

[Ne0n]

i have a hard line but i don't do it right below the chin/start of jawline i do it like, further down the neck, kinda hard to explain, looks better though imo

i do that If i'm going out though somewhere nice, most the time it's natural, always keep it trimmed tho

 

[Acorn]

I think neckbeard is one of the worst cases of semantic shift. Neckbeard refers to when you are overweight and have so much neck fat that the fat hangs out and looks like a beard. Nothing to do with being unshaven.

This is my idea of a neckbeard too.
Edit

I have literally never heard it used this way.

It was always a "fat nerd" insult. I've literally not heard it used another way until now.

 

[Magwik]

I think neckbeard is one of the worst cases of semantic shift. Neckbeard refers to when you are overweight and have so much neck fat that the fat hangs out and looks like a beard. Nothing to do with being unshaven.

It's a beard and hair
On your neck
It's a neckbeard

Literally all there is to it

 

[RangerX]

Fade It. It looks too polished otherwise.

 

[jesu]

I thought a neckbeard is when you have a beard on your neck but not your face.

http://i.imgur.com/6cNTDcj.jpg

 

[milanbaros]

There is no way 'neck beard' the insult refers to normal weight people growing a beard and not shaving the neck

Edit: The guy above me gets it. It is a beard only on the neck of a fat person, often used to hide a double chin.

 

[Saya]

I thought a neckbeard is when you have a beard on your neck but not your face.

http://i.imgur.com/6cNTDcj.jpg

I thought this was the Amish beard look?

These days I see a lot of guys that shave their moustache and cheek areas but let the jawline and neck areas grow. I don't know about that. I personally prefer a beard with moustache and the more natural look. But keep it trimmed and neat.

 

[paperboywriter]

I thought this was a cocaine thread

 

[AndyVirus]

I don't have a great jawline so always find myself struggling to avoid the Jonah Hill at one extreme and George Lucas at the other.

In the end, 5 o'clock shadow.

 

[RumblingRosco]

I don't know what you'd call mine. I don't clean up my neckline at all even when I get my entire beard trimmed.

 

[Messofanego]

I think neckbeard is one of the worst cases of semantic shift. Neckbeard refers to when you are overweight and have so much neck fat that the fat hangs out and looks like a beard. Nothing to do with being unshaven.

I thought neckbeard meant that you shave your face but leave your neck hairy. I realize now that makes no sense.

This is a neckbeard.

 

[red731]

Fade it.

 

[GiantBombGamer]

My beard connects to my chest hair and wraps around my head to my neck so fading isn't an option. Hard line is the only option. Being hairy sucks.

 

[DopeToast]

I wish I could pull off a full-on natural beard, but I always shave a clean neck line. It just looks better on me.

 

[Naked Snake]

Your profile picture is a lie

How so? You can't really see the "neck beard line" in it.

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

Clean line for me. I think beards look best when they're well kept, so I keep it short too. You can just look at my avy, I guess, lol.

(I've also been thinking about dying it too, but that's a whole other subject.)

 

[TaterTots]

Nah it makes sense, that other poster is full of shit.

Nah. Neckbeard started as an insult to fat dudes.

 

[blame space]

I'm a piece of shit.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Fade. I've got a monster beard and just run my electric trimmer over the neck parts every once in awhile.

 

[PancakeBurglar]

I maintain a stubble look and I keep my neck clean, though if I don't have plans or going out I sometimes go a few days without cleaning up the neck out of pure laziness.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I just shave it all off

 

[SillyEskimo]

I do all of the above. My beard is a living, breathing creature that desires change and doesn't like to be tied down with a particular style.

 

[AllGamer]

I just shave it all off

 

[Naked Snake]

I do all of the above. My beard is a living, breathing creature that desires change and doesn't like to be tied down with a particular style.

That's the best kind of beard.

 

[The Albatross]

I have a very large beard but I don't fade it. I keep my lower neck as clean as I can.

 

[Gaz_RB]

All depends on the jawline

 

[crazepharmacist]

Do guys actually fade it or do a hard/clean line then let it grow in a little? I suck at fading.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I do a clean cut. Primarily because I grow way more and way faster in the neck area. So to give a chance for the facial hair to stand out I shave the neck under my chin.

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

Spoiler

that guy is insanely attractive

He's really into stripes. XD

 

[Skellig Gra]

I do clean around my jaw line. Neck gets way too itchy rubbing on my shirt

 

[GoldenCrow]

This is a neckbeard.

https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/96c30d852bbeea53dff6472792bbbd60.jpg

Thats a chin strap. A neckbeard is a beard that has more hair on the chin than the cheeks and fat.

 

[Nightbird]

I like clean lines, becuase otherwise my beard becomes uneven and weird

 

[Nipo]

I think neckbeard is one of the worst cases of semantic shift. Neckbeard refers to when you are overweight and have so much neck fat that the fat hangs out and looks like a beard. Nothing to do with being unshaven.

If you google neckbeard definition the first thing that it gives is " a growth of hair on a man's neck, especially when regarded as indicative of poor grooming."

It may have started out as what you describe but the popular usage is now inline with the definition google gives.

 

[entremet]

Hardline under the chin looks very weird. I've seen it grown in popularity recently.

I prefer line or fade close the Adam's Apple.

 

[elshoelace]

Once your beard gets large enough it doesn't matter.

Pretty much this. Though the faded ones look more natural and better imo. Plus some people hard cut too high and ruins a beard.

 

[Kilrogg]

Bitch I look like Jon Snow

Spoiler

if he was bald

Spoiler

and he wore glasses

Spoiler

and he had a crooked tooth

Spoiler

and his beard was a patchy mess

Spoiler

and he wasn't a bastard or lord commander

Spoiler

fuck I don't look like him do I

 

[Harmen]

Mostly hard shave, but I haven't kept it as tidy as I used to, because my beard is long enough that the difference has become subtle.

This is a neckbeard.

But that "beard" is not in his neck. This man does not have a real neckline because of the fat and he doesn't have any hair on his cheeks, but the hair that is there is on where his jawline likely is, and under his chin (which is still part of the face). It also looks like he shaved the neckline.

I agree with people that the term neckbeard has made a shift to overweight people with little/weak hairgrowth on their face.

 

[SteveWD40]

Clean line, making sure it's low enough on the neck to look as natural as possible.

If I left it, it would meet my chest hair and itch to high hell.