Reading "long hair" books

[Fritzo]

I was having a conversation with a friend and I mentioned that I was one of the only people in my American Literature class in high school that actually read Moby Dick in it's entirety. He then said "You always were into those long hair books". I looked at him funny and said "I've never heard that prase before." He was shocked as he thought this was a very common expression.

Is it just me or is he just out there?

 

[DaveSimmons]

It used to be common long ago, in longhair books

 

[loup garou]

Damn hippies.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Never heard it before.

 

[pontifex]

 

[dullard]

I've never heard of that phrase. So I googled both "long hair books" and "longhair books". I came up with a total of one webpage on the entire Googleable subset of the internet that used the phrase in that fashion. Here.

So, that term exists, but it is extremely rare.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: dullard
I've never heard of that phrase. So I googled both "long hair books" and "longhair books". I came up with a total of one webpage on the entire Googleable subset of the internet that used the phrase in that fashion. Here.

So, that term exists, but it is extremely rare.

I think it can be used as a descriptor for many things, books included.

Check out urbandictionary (def 2.2) link 1 and urbandictionary (def 2) link 2.

I think I may have heard it used like that before, but I'm not sure.

 

[SonnyDaze]

A pre- 1950's term, referring to a man who enjoys or plays classical music. Typically these men had longish hair, longer than the clean-cut men of that era.

^^That's from urban-dictionary. It also makes reference to "intellectual" types as "long hair". That's probably what this guy meant by his statment.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Old SF (40s-60s) used the term for professors and scientists, since like Einstein they didn't hve the short, neat hair of more conformist men.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

A pre- 1950's term, referring to a man who enjoys or plays classical music. Typically these men had longish hair, longer than the clean-cut men of that era.

^^That's from urban-dictionary. It also makes reference to "intellectual" types as "long hair". That's probably what this guy meant by his statment.

You know how when you never heard of something, and then suddenly it's appearing all over the place? My Tivo recorded the very first episode of Star Trek (Where No Man Has Gone Before), and in that episode, one of the lines was "You always enjoyed that long-hair stuff". How about that?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

A pre- 1950's term, referring to a man who enjoys or plays classical music. Typically these men had longish hair, longer than the clean-cut men of that era.

^^That's from urban-dictionary. It also makes reference to "intellectual" types as "long hair". That's probably what this guy meant by his statment.

You know how when you never heard of something, and then suddenly it's appearing all over the place? My Tivo recorded the very first episode of Star Trek (Where No Man Has Gone Before), and in that episode, one of the lines was "You always enjoyed that long-hair stuff". How about that?

That phenomenon always weirds me out.. lol

 

[IronWing]

He must have been high brow.

 

[Perknose]

"Long hair", like "egg head", is 1950's and prior argot for them thar intellectuals; far different and therefore suspect and to be looked downed on from regular, crew cut, ow brow, God fearing Americans.

Some of those long hair books don't even have pictures in 'em!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

A pre- 1950's term, referring to a man who enjoys or plays classical music. Typically these men had longish hair, longer than the clean-cut men of that era.

^^That's from urban-dictionary. It also makes reference to "intellectual" types as "long hair". That's probably what this guy meant by his statment.

You know how when you never heard of something, and then suddenly it's appearing all over the place? My Tivo recorded the very first episode of Star Trek (Where No Man Has Gone Before), and in that episode, one of the lines was "You always enjoyed that long-hair stuff". How about that?

Help! My TiVo thinks I'm a long-hair!

 

[Fritzo]

OMG!!! I JUST WATCHED A BUGS BUNNY CARTOON ON BOOMERANG THAT SAID LONG-HAIR TOO!!!

GAAHH!HH!!!!!!!!!!