follicallyadv.
/ˈfɒlᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈfɑlək(ə)li/ humorous.
With regard to the hair or hair follicles. Chiefly forming compounds, esp. in follically challenged: going bald, balding, bald (see challenged adj. 2b); = follicularly challenged at follicularly adv. 2.follicularly adv.
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1991 Times 17 July 10/3 The hirsute should, we are told, avoid referring to baldness as such and use instead the term ‘follically challenged’.
1993 Independent (Nexis) 13 Jan. 25 Jacques Vert..bids lamely to join the dictionary of politically correct expressions. After ‘vertically challenged’ and ‘follically disadvantaged’ comes JV's..: ‘Jacques Vert Plus—a collection for the fuller figured lady.’
1996 Q Jan. 120/5 Too short and follically underblessed to ever carve out a superstar niche for himself.
2003 Times 14 Mar. 55/2 Gregory is too slick, follically or otherwise.
2005 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 13 Like the follically gifted Donald Trump before her, Martha is to host her own version of The Apprentice.
2012 B. Kannel Follow Me i. 9 You'll recognize that I'm follically challenged. Bald would be more direct.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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