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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

mullet

Hi,

Meaning#1: 'mullet' is an eatable sea fish
Meaning#2: 'mullet' is a hairstyle

Q#1. My Longman claims 'mullet' is a hearstyle for men, but googling also gives such examples as "she cut her hair into a mullet"
Looks like 'mullet' has become a unisex hairstyle?

Q#2: Is there any connection between the name of the hairstyle ('mullet') and the name of the fish? (The hairstyle is "named after" the fish? :-)

Thank you so much

mus-te
  

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MUSCOVITE Is there any connection between the name of the hairstyle ('mullet') and the name of the fish? (The hairstyle is "named after" the fish? :-) Indirectly, it seem so.

— Mister Micawber

  • MUSCOVITE Is there any connection between the name of the hairstyle ('mullet') and the name of the fish?
  • (The hairstyle is "named after" the fish?
  • :-) Indirectly, it seem so.
  • From the Online Etymology Dictionary: mullet (2) "hairstyle short on top and long in back," 1996, perhaps from mullet-head "stupid, dull person" (1857).
  • American freshwater fish with a large, flat head (1866).
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MUSCOVITEIs there any connection between the name of the hairstyle ('mullet') and the name of the fish? (The hairstyle is "named after" the fish? :-)
Indirectly, it seem so.

From the Online Etymology Dictionary:

mullet (2) "hairstyle short on top and long in back," 1996, perhaps from mullet-head "stupid, dull person" (1857). Also the name
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MUSCOVITELooks like 'mullet' has become a unisex hairstyle?
Yes, but the style has come and gone. It's very rare to see it these days. Or, more accurately, I haven't seen it in many years.

CJ
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CalifJimthe style has come and gone.
O dear... I wish I could "throw away" all such USELESS words (mullet, glutton, etc) from my gray matter once and for all :-) ....
Thank you, CalifJim!
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There's nothing wrong with 'glutton' in its human sense, and 'mullet' is an extremely popular fish in parts of the southern US.
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