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A '''mullet''' is a [[hairstyle]] that is short in the front, top, and sides, but long in the back (also referred to as the "business party": ''business at the front, party at the back''). The hairstyle was popular during the late [[20th Century]], from early 1970's to the early 1990's. Mullets have been worn by both males and females of all ages. |
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The mullet is distinct from the ''[[Rattail (haircut)|rattail]]'', which consists of a long, narrow "tail" of hair growing from the back of the head. |
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== History and cultural significance == |
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[[Urban legend]]s have mullets dating back to [[19th century]] fishermen, who wore their hair long in the back to keep warm — hence the term ''[[Mullet (fish)|mullet]]''. The Notes section of the Viking edition of Lydia Davis's translation of ''[[Swann's Way]]'' by Proust states "[[Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant]] was a well-known actor who introduced a new hairstyle, which consisted of wearing the hair in a [[crew cut]] in front and longer in the back." |
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The mullet became popular in the 1970s, due in part to the influence of [[glam rock]] artist [[David Bowie]], who wore the haircut during his [[Ziggy Stardust]] and [[Diamond Dogs]] phases. Women also wore the style — [[Florence Henderson]], a star of the sitcom ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', has a mullet in the opening sequence from the show's 1973-1974 season. The hairstyle achieved further popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s among entertainers with receding hairlines such as [[Anthony Geary]] of "Luke and Laura" fame from the soap opera [[General Hospital]], and the pop performers [[Michael Bolton]] and [[Phil Collins]]. |
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In the 1980s, the mullet became big and bouffant, and bemulleted men often indulged in other [[1980s]] hair crazes such as spiked hair and blonde highlights. A good example of a popular mullet-man was [[Richard Dean Anderson]] in the 80's TV series [[MacGyver]]. In the early 1990s, [[Country music|country]] singer [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]'s "Achy Breaky" mullet fostered both imitation and ridicule. |
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The [[Beastie Boys]] 1994 song "Mullet Head" made fun of the hairstyle, and a year later band member [[Mike D]] discussed the mullet at length in issue 2 of the band's ''[[Grand Royal]]'' magazine: |
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:''There's nothing quite as bad as a bad haircut. And perhaps the worst of all is the cut we call the'' Mullet. |
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It goes on to lampoon the hairstyle over several pages, including many photographs of celebrities sporting mullets. Soon after the article was published, it became popular for fans of the band, and for [[youth culture]] in general, to mock the hairstyle. |
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The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' included ''mullet'' into its lexicon in 2001 and cited that 1995 article as the first published use of the term; the entry also included the lyrics to ''Mullet Head''. The OED says that the term was ''apparently coined, and certainly popularized, by U.S. hip hop group the Beastie Boys.'' [http://www.andover.edu/library/courseguides/ay2005/SS/Etymology/mulletoed.pdf] |
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[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/14/english.newwords/] Yet, others have also speculated that the origin of the term Mullet comes directly from the 1967 prison film ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'', starring [[Paul Newman]] and [[George Kennedy]], in which Kennedy's character refers to Southern men with long hair as ''mullet heads''. This term is also used in [[Mark Twain]]'s [[1884]] [[novel]], [[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]] when [[Tom Sawyer]] says of his aunt and uncle: ''They're so confiding and ''mullet-headed'' they don't take notice of nothing at all.'' It seems unlikely that he's referring to the hairstyle; rather, it sounds like it is intended to connote stupidity, and is likely a reference to the fish of the same name. (This is perhaps also what is meant by Kennedy's character in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''.) |
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The Grand Royal article apparently initiated a trend of anti-mullet sentiment. In the late 1990s, musician [[Wesley Willis]] followed this trend with his popular [[novelty song]], ''Cut the Mullet''. |
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On their 1998 album ''[[Hitler Bad, Vandals Good]]'', southern California punk band the [[the Vandals|Vandals]] released one of their most popular songs, ''I've Got an Ape Drape''. Ape Drape is a regional term for a mullet. At the end of the song, they go down a list of other names including Hockey Hair, Forbidden Hair, Achy-Breaky Hair, Norco Neck Warmer, Shom and eventually Mullet. |
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Ska-punk band [[Five Iron Frenzy]] released a song called ''The Phantom Mullet'' on their 2000 album ''[[All the Hype That Money Can Buy]]''. The song is a homage to the mullet and the people that choose to wear it. The song opens with these lyrics: |
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:''Cruisin' downtown in your Camaro, REO Speedwagon's on your stereo. It's kind of catchy, kind of a virus: cuttin' your hair like Billy Ray Cyrus.'' |
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The [[crunk rock]] band [[Family Force 5]] released an album ''[[Business Up Front/Party in the Back]]'' in 2006 that clearly described the culture that surrounds The Mullet. Particularly their song called ''Kountry Gentlemen''. |
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In the 2000s, a number of web sites sprung up with photographs of people with mullets, often accompanied by mocking comments based on [[stereotype]]s of mullet-wearers. [[Jeff Tremaine]] had his hair mulletted à la [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] in a black barber shop during the first season of [[Jackass]]. The mullet and its associated lifestyle were central themes in movies such as ''[[FUBAR: The Movie]]'' and ''[[Joe Dirt]]'' (2001), and television shows such as ''[[The Mullets (TV series)|The Mullets]]'' (2003-2004). |
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Despite its reputation, the mullet remains a moderately popular hairstyle among certain social groups in various [[Western countries]]. It is especially popular and even considered to be modern ([[vintage retro]]) in [[Portugal]] and in [[Spain]] and can be widely identified in the streets of cities like [[Barcelona]]. Also in Spain, the ''mullet'' is associated with two different ethnic groups: young Gypsies and young separatists from the Basque Country. It is also fairly popular among the 18–34 age group in some East European countries, notably the [[Czech Republic]]. In the U.S. and [[Canada]], the ''mullet'' is particularly associated with [[Blue-collar worker|blue collar]] men, fans of [[Country music|country]] and [[heavy metal music]], [[American football]] and [[ice hockey]] players. Many homosexual women of the ''[[butch]]'' variety also sport this hairstyle, so much so, many see this as a social identifier. In the [[United Kingdom]] the ''mullet'' is most commonly associated with thugs, or with [[Central European|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]ans, particularly professional [[Football (soccer)|footballers]]. In [[Australia]] the haircut is associated with [[Bogan]]s and [[Australian rules football]] players, particularly those from the 1980s. In recent years, the mullet has enjoyed resurgent popularity among the hip set, in particular the [[Emo (music)|emo]] sub-culture, probably due to its association with [[1980s]] [[retro]] [[kitsch]]. During some light hearted research on his show [[Johnny Vaughan]] declared that ''Germans, Americans, Australians, these are the real mullet men''. |
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[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] and [[poetry slam]] artist [[Sage Francis]] also debates the mullet as a cultural phenomenon in his 2000 [[EP]] [[Still Sick... Urine Trouble]], as the haircut of his town in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] |
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Many people consider the [[Tacoma, Washington]] as well as [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] region as the "mullet capital of America", both by those who live in the region and by those who live outside of it. This has been considered both a sense a pride and as a [[stereotype]] for the city, as Pittsburgh's love for the mullet is unknown. An example as to how much the city loves the haircut was in [[1999]], when then-[[Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins]] superstar [[Jaromir Jagr]] had his mullet cut—and it was actually reported as its own story on the local news. Popular radio station [[WDVE]], which coincidentally is a [[classic rock]] station from the height of the mullet's popularity, has also contributed to the mullet's popularity in the city as a form of [[self-deprecation]]. |
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The mullet is typically associated with the "[[Red States]]" of America, as illustrated by the satirical report "Blue State Blues as Coastal Parents Battle Invasion of Dollywood Values" (posted [[12 November]] [[2004]]) at http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2004/11/blue_state_blue.html: |
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:''It was one day last spring,'' says Ellen McCormack. ''My life partner Carol and I were in the garage, working on a giant Donald Rumsfeld papier mache head for the Bay Area March Against the War, when Rain walked by. I thought he looked kind of strange, so I stopped him and looked closely into his eyes. Then I realized the truth — he was wearing a mullet. I was shocked, but he swore to me that it was only ironic. After a few months, it was clear Rain had lied to us — that hideous ''Kentucky Waterfall'' was completely earnest,'' she adds, choking back sobs ... |
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In August 2006, the mullet was involved in a charged political debate when [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Senator from [[Virginia]] and Presidential hopeful, referred to an arguably mulleted worker from his opponent's campaign as "[[macaca]]," a type of monkey and potentially [[Macaca (slur)|offensive slur]]. (''See main article:'' [[Virginia United States Senate election, 2006#Macaca controversy|Virginia United States Senate election]]) Allen claimed he had meant to say ''Mohawk'' {{Fact|date=April 2007}}, referring to the worker's mullet-like hairstyle, but had mispronounced the word. |
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Recently in the U-20 championship in Canada, Chilean goalkeeper [[Christopher Toselli]], sported a mullet. Sergio Romero also sported a Fowllet. |
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== Etymology == |
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The term for the hairstyle is newer than the style. The [[Beastie Boys]] may be responsible for the term '''mullet'''. Their ''[[Grand Royal Magazine]]'s'' 1995 issue contained a piece on the ''mullet''. The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' cites this as the first published use of the term, along with the lyrics from the Beasties' 1994 song ''Mullet Head''. The [[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] says that the term was ''apparently coined, and certainly popularized, by U.S. hip-hop group the Beastie Boys''.[http://www.andover.edu/library/courseguides/ay2005/SS/Etymology/mulletoed.pdf], [http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt/mullet.html]. The name could have come from the film ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''. |
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== Popular slang == |
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While there are countless regional, national and international slang words used to describe the Mullet haircut. [[Jim Rome]] is a fan of using such terminology on his daily sports talk show, at one point dedicating a full half hour of his program to naming the hairdo. The following is a short list: |
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* The Billy Ray Cyrus |
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* The 10-90 |
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* The Kentucky Waterfall |
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* The Bi-level |
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* The Faded Glory |
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* Business in the Front, Party in the Back |
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* The Achy-Breaky Big Mistakie |
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* Fem-ullet (generic term used to described any mullet on a woman) |
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* The [[Ben Franklin]] |
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* The Missouri Compromise |
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* The Louisiana Purchase |
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* The Camaro Cut |
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* The Shlong (Short in front, long in the back) |
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* S&L Crisis |
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* The Business Cut (business in front party in the back) |
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* The [[LPGA]] |
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* Hockey Hair |
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* The Soccer Rocker |
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* The Joe Dirt |
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* The Ape Drape |
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* The Convertible |
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* The Tennessee Top Hat |
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* The Mississippi Mudflap |
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* The Canadian Passport |
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== Variations == |
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There are a number of stylistic variations on the mullet as well as a large number of whimsical, alternative terms describing the hairstyle: |
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===Skullet=== |
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[[Image:Skullet.jpg|thumb|right|130px|A skullet]] |
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A skullet is a variation of the mullet wig. A skullet is defined by a shaved or bald head with long hair on the sides and in the back. Prominent wearers of skullets include [[Michael Bolton]], [[Dennis Franz]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Ron Jeremy]], [[Mick Fleetwood]], [[David Crosby]], [[Klaus Meine]] from [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Paul Heyman]], [[Devin Townsend]] from [[Strapping Young Lad]], [[Leo Gallagher|Gallagher]], [[Bill Bailey]], [[Terry Nutkins]], [[Ian Hill]] (the bassist of [[Judas Priest]]), [[Dallas Toler-Wade]] ([[guitarist]]/[[vocalist]] of [[Nile (band)|Nile]]), [[Robert Lowe (musician)|Robert Lowe]] ([[vocalist]] of [[Solitude Aeturnus]] and [[Candlemass]]), [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Floyd Mayweather Sr.]]. |
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===Frullet===<!-- This section is linked from [[Devilock]] --> |
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A reversed variation of the hairstyle is the "frullet" (derived from "front mullet"), whereby the back of the head is shaved, leaving a long fringe hanging over the face in front. The frullet is the initiation haircut for members of the Flavio Araiza gang. The haircut is also known as the "[[emo music|emo]] mullet" due to its supposed popularity among emo music scenesters. A frullet can also mean a very curly mullet, such as that worn by [[A.C. Slater]] on the television show [[Saved by the Bell]]. See [[Devilock]], as popularized by early 80's American horror-punk band [[The Misfits]]. |
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During the eighties this hair style was popular among skateboarding teens who were often a part of this punk music scene. Among teen circles the Frullet was often referred to as "The Flop" and would cover the person's eyes. |
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=== Tropical mullet === |
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[[Image:Trancinhas.JPG|thumb|right|130px|A typical tropical mullet]] |
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The tropical mullet consists on a hybrid of the [[Dreadlocks]] and a mullet. This hairstyle is seen through out the world, especially among the youth. |
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=== Jheri curl mullet === |
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The [[Jheri curl]] mullet applies to people with natural curly hair. Jheri curl solution is applied to make the curls bigger and to fix them in place. Pop musician [[Lionel Richie]] arguably had the most famous Jheri curl mullet. |
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== Fowllet == |
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The Fowllet consists of a [[fauxhawk]] that is long in the back. This was sported by [[Sergio Romero]] who was the goaltender for the U-20 Cup of Argentina |
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== The mullet in various languages and cultures == |
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*The [[Argentina|Argentinian]] term is ''Cubana'', in reference to the alleged popularity of the haircut among Cubans. Also called "Colectivero" in reference to public bus drivers. |
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*The [[Brazil]]ian term is ''Chitãozinho e Xororó'', in reference to the singers who started using this haircut in Brazil. |
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*The English [[Canadian]] term is "hockey-hair" in reference to the haircut's popularity among ice hockey players. |
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*The French [[Québécois]] Montréal term is "coupe Longueuil" (Longueuil haircut) in reference to the Montréal suburb of [[Longueuil]]. This expession is the most used one in the province of Quebec. |
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*The English [[Québécois]] term is "pad" because the hair falling flat on the back looks like a pad. The person wearing it is often called a "paddé". |
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* One [[Australian]] nickname for a mulleteur is "Freddie Firedrill", supposedly because the subject's haircut was interrupted by a fire-alarm sounding after the barber had finished shaving the front, but before s/he had started on the back of the head. |
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*The [[Chamoru]] or [[Guam]] term is ''chad haircut'', a reference to its popularity among most "chads" or local Guamanians' version of a "trailer-park person." |
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*The [[Chilean]] term is ''chocopanda'', ''chocola'' or just "choco", in reference to the ubiquitous public transportation Chocolito Panda ice-cream sellers sporting such a haircut. It is also called a "Zamorano", after [[Iván Zamorano]] or "Pichanguera" or just "Changa"("pichanga" is an informal soccer match in Chilean slang), because of the great number of soccer players who use this haircut. This haircut is also popular among the lower classes and gangs. |
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*The [[Colombian]] term is ''greña paisa'' in reference to the popularity of this haircut among most of the people from the Antioquia region (paisas). It's also called ''Siete'' (seven) because the hair on top and back form the image of a number seven. |
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*The [[Croatian language|Croatian]] term is ''fudbalerka'', literally "footballer (hair)", a reference to its popularity among soccer players in the 1980s. |
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*The [[Czech language|Czech]] terms include ''čolek'' (which means "newt"), ''deka'' (means quilt) or ''na debila'' (means asshole-style) |
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*The [[Danish language|Danish]] term is ''Bundesliga-hår'', which refers to its alleged popularity among [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] soccer players, or alternativly, ''svenskerhår'' (Swede-hair), referring to its former popularity in Sweden. For the same reason, it is also called ''hockeyhår'' (hockey hair), because of the large amount of Swedes who can be seen on the ice rink sporting a mullet. It is also called ''nakkegarn'', meaning "yarn by the back of the neck". |
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*The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] term is ''matje'', which means "little carpet/mat". Some people refer to it as a ''Duitse mat'' (German mat) as well, implying that this is a haircut typical for [[Germans]]. |
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*Another English term is "Missouri Compromise". |
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*The [[Finnish language|Finnish]] term is ''takatukka'', which means "rear hair". Sometimes ''lätkätukka'' or ''tsekkitukka'' is also used, which means "ice hockey haircut" in reference to the Swedish term. Tsekkitukka means "Czech hair", based on Czech hockey players' hairstyle (especially Jaromir Jagr). Mullets are a well known and still popular "hockeyhair" in Czech Republic. |
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*The [[French language|French]] term is "Coupe à la Waddle", referring to [[Chris Waddle]], the English football player who adopted this haircut in the 1980s while he played for Olympique Marseille. It can also be referred as "nuque longue" because of the long hair covering the back of the neck ("nuque" in French). |
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*The [[German language|German]] term is "Vokuhila", meaning "vorne kurz, hinten lang" (short in the front, long in the back). The opposite to this is "Volahiku". It is topped by "Vokuhilaoliba", meaning "vorne kurz, hinten lang, Oberlippenbart" (short in the front, long in the back, mustache). Because of its supposed popularity among men from the Eastern parts of formerly divided Germany, the hair cut is in Western Germany also known as "Ossispoiler" ("aerodynamic device for Eastern Germans"). |
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*[[Austrian German|Austria]] has a number of (less than flattering) terms, for example "Gnackmatten" ("nape rug"). [[DerStandard.at]] has a nice list [http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2325356 here]. |
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*The [[Greek language|Greek]] term is "Χαίτη" (Hety) or "Λασπωτήρας" (Laspotiras) which means "Mudflap". |
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*The [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] term is ''vilon'', which means "curtain". Another common term is "[[Eli Ohana]]" haircut, named after a famous football player who wore this haircut. |
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*The [[Hungary|Hungarian]] term is also [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] or just simply footballist (soccer player) hair, "focistafrizura". |
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*The [[Iceland]]ic term is ''Hebbi'', referring to a nickname of an Icelandic singer called Herbert Guðmundsson sporting the hairstyle, or sítt að aftan ( long in the back ) |
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* The [[Italian language|Italian]] term is "''capelli alla tedesca''" (hair at German style) or "''taglio alla tedesca''" (haircut at German style) referring to its former popularity in [[Germany]], above all among [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] soccer players. It is also known as "''alla [[McGyver]]''" (at McGyver style) as the main character of this the popular American [[TV series]] appears with mullet in some episodes, or as "''sette''" (seven) because the hair on top and back form the image of a number seven, but also "pitta". |
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*The [[Japan]]ese term is ''urufu hea'' which is the Japanese way of saying "wolf hair." It's actually a quite popular look among young men, though the hair in the front is generally longer than a typical mullet's. |
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*The [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] term is "џигерица" [dzigerica], meaning the "liver haircut". |
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*The [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] term is "hockeysveis", meaning "hockey hairstyle", referring to the hairstyle's popularity among ice hockey players. |
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*The [[Puerto Rican Spanish|Puerto Rican]] term is "''playero''" which translates as "beach comber" or "beach style" because of its stereotypical use by [[surfing|surfer]]s. |
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*The [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] terms are: ''XF'' which comes from a motorcycle model from Zundapp, or ''Deixe Ficar'' which is short for ''deixe ficar atrás''. That's what you say to your hairdresser when you want him not to cut the hair on the back of your head. One other is ''semi reboque'', which means a big truck trailer. |
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*The [[Polish language|Polish]] term is "Czeski piłkarz" - meaning "Czech football player" as in the 1970s the haircut was greatly popular among Czech footballers. |
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*The [[Romanian language|Romanian]] term is ''chicǎ'', which means "long hair at the neck". This haircut is associated with redneck-like people and is socially associated with the lack of sophistication or culture. |
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*The [[Serbia]]n term is "Tarzanka", referring to Tarzan the Ape Man. |
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*Another [[Serbia]]n term is "Krčedinka", in reference to the alleged popularity of the haircut in the village of Krčedin. |
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*The [[Slovenia]]n term is also [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] or simply metlica, which translates to "a small broom". |
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*The [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]] term for a mullet is "fudbolerka", indicating the mullet's former popularity with soccer players. |
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*The [[Sweden|Swedish]] term is ''hockeyfrilla'', which means "ice hockey haircut" in reference to its popularity among some hockey players. The music group [[De lyckliga kompisarna]] wrote a song with this name, that was played extensively on radio in the early 90s. |
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*The [[Turkey|Turkish]] term is ''aslan yelesi'' or ''Fikirtepe modeli'', which means "lion's mane" and "Fikirtepe" (a suburb of Istanbul where this style was popular among shuttle drivers) style", respectively. |
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* The [[Sanskrit]] "[[sikha]]" ("crest" or "top-knot") that a [[Hindu]] [[Vaishnava]] devotee wears can be mistaken for a mullet if long and bushy enough. Western devotees sometimes pass off their sikhas as mullets when inquired by outsiders. |
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==External links== |
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{{wiktionary|mullet}} |
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*[http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mullet.html yourDictionary.com: Mullet] |
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*[http://www.mulletmadness.com/ Mullet Madness - A tribute to great hairstyle] |
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*[http://www.mulletsgalore.com/ Mullets Galore] |
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*[http://www.ratemymullet.com/ Rate my mullet] |
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*[http://www.flockofmullets.com/ Flock of Mullets] |
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