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Until the late 20th century, the term goatee was used to refer solely to a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin—as on the chin of a goat, hence the term 'goatee'. [1] By the 1990s, the word had become an umbrella term used to refer to any facial hair style incorporating hair on the chin but not the cheeks; [2] there is debate over ...
A full beard that features a goatee, full mustache and horizontal chinstrap with all hairs on the upper cheeks and sideburns removed. [29] Ned Kelly beard: A beard with the length of more than 20 cm. A Ned Kelly beard is a style of facial hair named after 19th-century Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly. [30] Verdi beard
Goatee: A tuft of hair grown on the chin, sometimes resembling a billy goat's. Junco: A goatee that extends upward and connects to the corners of the mouth but does not include a mustache, like the circle beard. Meg: A goatee that extends upward and connects to the mustache, this word is commonly used in the south east of Ireland.
Goatfish are characterized by two chin barbels (or goatee), which contain chemosensory organs and are used to probe the sand or holes in the reef for food.Their bodies are deep and elongated, with forked tails and widely separated dorsal fins. [4]
A goatee is a tuft of facial hair on a man's chin, named for its resemblance to a goat's beard. [94] ... From this comes the word "scapegoat". [98]
Beard is a slang term, American in origin, describing a person who is used, knowingly or unknowingly, as a date, romantic partner (boyfriend or girlfriend), or spouse either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one's sexual orientation.
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary dates the earliest known use of the term "soul patch" itself as 1986. [2] Soul patches came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, as a style of facial hair common among African-American men, most notably jazz musicians. Frank Zappa is a well-known artist who sported one from the early sixties on.
Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, and apso is a word from the Tibetan language. There is some debate over the exact origin of the name; some claim that the word "apso" is an anglicized form of the Tibetan word for goatee ("ag-tshom", ཨག་ཚོམ་) or perhaps "ra-pho" (ར་ཕོ་) meaning "billy goat". [4]