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four-eyes

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four-eyes

A disparaging or facetious term for a person who wears spectacles. Nice glasses, four-eyes! I've been a four-eyes all my life. I got made fun of for it in elementary school, but in college, everyone loves my glasses! Why would I call him "four eyes"? I think guys with glasses are hot!
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four-eyes

n. someone who wears glasses. (Also a rude term of address.) Hey, four-eyes, betcha you can’t see this!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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