# bluehair

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.
2. A young or naive supporter of social-justice causes.

## Etymology
From blue + hair. The "elderly person" sense, first documented in the 1980s, refers to the blue rinse once used by older women to conceal grey hair. The second sense emerged from the stereotypical association of dyed blue hair with social-justice activists.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bluehair