bernie
n. countable C2 Proficiency US //ˈbɝni// bernie
n. a person who is very cold or looks like they are freezing. It comes from a famous photo of a politician sitting in the cold with big mittens.
n. a person exhibiting physical signs of extreme cold or bundled in heavy winter attire. Informal in register; derived from a viral image of politician Bernie Sanders at the 2021 US presidential inauguration.
You look like a little Bernie in that oversized coat.
After waiting for the bus in the snow for twenty minutes, I felt like a total Bernie.
The internet was quickly flooded with images of the senator, and soon anyone sitting cross-legged in mittens was jokingly referred to as a Bernie.
Usage
Used as a common noun in internet slang to describe a specific visual aesthetic of being cold and bundled up.