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# follically challenged

phrase (adjective phrase: follically challenged; humorous)

«follically challenged» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (humorous euphemism) bald or losing hair.
2. (joking) having very thin hair.

### In the lessons

A jokey, mock-polite way to say bald, copying the style of «-challenged» euphemisms; used in comedy, among friends and about oneself. Humorous, all regions. Usually friendly but can tease.

### Examples

- Grandad calls himself follically challenged.
- The comedian joked that he was follically challenged.
- My uncle wears a hat because he's a bit follically challenged.
- "I'm not bald, I'm follically challenged," Dad laughed.
- The shampoo advert was clearly aimed at the follically challenged.
- Being follically challenged runs in our family.
- The cartoon villain is follically challenged and very shiny.
- It's kinder not to tease people for being follically challenged.

### Note

«Follicle» is the small hole in the skin a hair grows from, so the phrase means «the hair roots have trouble». Trap: it is a joke; in serious talk say «bald» or «losing his hair». Plain word: bald.