A fork of Rural Dictionary
working as someone's beard (a person which pretends to be together with someone who is gay)
X:'Oh, I hate Eleanor Calder so much!' Y:'C'mon, she's just bearding! It's her job!'
A women who goes on a date with a gay man to mask the fact that he is gay.
Boss asks you and your girl friend to join him and his wife for dinner, you accept. ( Boss suffers from severe homophobia ). You need a beard.
A woman that a homosexual male dates or marries as a cover for his true sexuallity.
Everyone knew Don was gay. His wife, Sally, was just a beard.
This is derived from, "You should grow a beard!" "Why?" "Because you sound like a cunt and act like a cunt so you should look like one!" Can be used in situations where your colleague knows what you mean but the wider audience hasn't got a clue!
The single most manly, and great thing a man can do. To have a beard is to be a true man. If you have a beard, show it off proudly, and enjoy the satisfaction of the envy in the eyes of people around you who don't have beards. If you don't have a beard, grow one. If you cant grow one and your not past puberty yet, hold out my young friend, your time will come. If you don't have a beard and your past puberty, go get that sex change you know you need.
True men that had beards: Jesus, Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan, Billy Mays, Jim Henson, George Washington Carver, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Murray, Macho Man Randy Savage, and many more.