birth control glasses
n.pl.— «A skinny, grinning kid with badly cut dark hair and birth-control glasses and ears that stuck out goofily. Looked like a hundred computer geeks Zach had known» —by Poppy Brite Drawing Blood Oct. 1, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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