(bohl-ee) A 'bowlie' is an indie kid with a bowl haircut (hair cut with a bowl on your head), particularly popular in Glasgow in the 1980s. More generally, it is a label for people who listen to indie music (specifically indie-pop).
The term was further popularised by the Bowlie Weekender - a one-off music festival curated by Belle & Sebastian at the Pontin's Holiday camp in Camber Sands, Sussex, held Friday 23 - Sunday 25 April 1999. The event was the inspiration for All Tomorrow's Parties, a music festival held at the same venue in Sussex every year from 2000 until it moved to Butlin's Minehead in 2006.
The term was further popularised by the Bowlie Weekender - a one-off music festival curated by Belle & Sebastian at the Pontin's Holiday camp in Camber Sands, Sussex, held Friday 23 - Sunday 25 April 1999. The event was the inspiration for All Tomorrow's Parties, a music festival held at the same venue in Sussex every year from 2000 until it moved to Butlin's Minehead in 2006.
by lowerwolf March 1, 2010
Get the bowliemug. by BeAsT May 7, 2005
Get the Bowliemug. girl1: wow, look at that guy over there. must be a philosopher judging by the Schnozer.
girl: obviosely he's bowli!
girl: obviosely he's bowli!
by mixucat November 30, 2021
Get the Bowlimug. 
by Rick0307 August 27, 2014
Get the #bowliemug. by jamerson3000 May 3, 2018
Get the big bowlymug.