We’re talking about hair this week, but only the hair on your face.
You’ll learn lots of vocabulary connected to beards, moustaches and facial hair and we’ll speak about how men with facial hair might be perceived and also how people’s attitudes have changed over time.
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Types of beards and moustaches
Full beard: A beard that covers the entire chin, cheeks, and neck area.
Patchy beard: A beard that has uneven or missing spots of hair.
A well-groomed beard: a beard that is shaped and looks neat and cared for.
Mutton Chops – Thick sideburns that extend down the cheeks, often connecting to a moustache. (Hugh Jackman as Wolverine)
Goatee: A small beard that is only on the chin, sometimes combined with a moustache. (Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, Iron Man).
Garibaldi Beard – A wide, rounded beard with a natural look, usually paired with a moustache. (Conor McGregor, MMA fighter)
Van Dyke: A combination of a goatee and a detached moustache. (Johnny Depp)
Forked beard: Two pieces of hair that grow down from the chin like a fork (Vikings)
Ducktail Beard: A pointed, tapered beard where the chin hair is longer than the sides. (Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained)
Handlebar moustache: A moustache with long ends curled upwards. (Salvador Dalí)
Pencil Moustache: A thin, neatly trimmed moustache that sits just above the upper lip. (Clark Gable)
Toothbrush moustache: a short moustache under the nose (Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin)
Horseshoe Moustache: A thick moustache with two vertical extensions that reach down the sides of the mouth. (Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler)
Walrus Moustache: A thick, bushy moustache that droops over the upper lip. (Theodore Roosevelt)
Chevron Moustache – A thick moustache that covers the upper lip but remains neatly trimmed. (Tom Selleck. It’s hard to pull off this look these days if you aren’t gay!)
More vocabulary
To/a shave – removing hair from the face (or another part of the body)
Clean-shaven – Having no facial hair at all after shaving.
A close shave – Idiomatic expression used to say that something very nearly ended badly
to nick/cut yourself shaving
Bearded – Having a beard (adjective)
Stubble – Short, rough facial hair that appears after a few days without shaving.
Five o’clock shadow: Light stubble that appears in the evening after shaving in the morning.
Sideburns: Hair growing on the sides of the face, in front of the ears.
Trim: To cut facial hair (or the hair on your head) to keep it neat and tidy.
Mustachioed – Having a large (attention-grabbing) moustache
Bumfluff – The early beard growth of an adolescent (derogatory)
Discussion
What are some advantages and disadvantages of having a beard or moustache?
How are men with beards and moustaches perceived? Are they more masculine? Are they hiding something? Are they lazy? Are they cool?
Do a majority of women find beards un/attractive?
How has the perception of beards (and moustaches) changed over time? Is the modern stereotype true that a young bloke with a moustache but no beard is probably gay?
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