What is the specific name for this haircut?

August 15, 2010 6:33 PM

Is this a Mississippi Mudflap? Do the lines in the side affect the category of mullet it fits into?
posted by Glendale to Writing & Language (7 answers total)

Agreed. Not a mullet.
posted by runningwithscissors at 6:44 PM on August 15, 2010

Indeed. I grew up in the Age of the Mullet, and that, my good people, is no mullet as it lacks sufficient "party" in back.
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:58 PM on August 15, 2010 [2 favorites]

Not a mullet; not a mudflap. A Mississippi mudflap makes you look like you've got, well, a mudflap on the back of your head. I think the point of it is that it is long.
posted by frobozz at 7:27 PM on August 15, 2010

it's a DA
posted by Confess, Fletch at 7:43 PM on August 15, 2010

Best answer: That looks like more of an early stage Brian Bosworth. It left untamed it could blossom into a full mullet.
posted by Frank Grimes at 7:49 PM on August 15, 2010

That's absolutely not a DA (a.k.a. ducktail). There are some similarities but there's no center-parting. Furthermore there's those weird shaves on the side of the head while a DA is simply swept back. This is just a haircut gone wild. If you want a name for it, you could call it a Hobbesian haircut, after the unfortunate haircut Hobbes gives Calvin.
posted by Kattullus at 8:18 PM on August 15, 2010

I agree that it isn't really a mullet. The top isn't shorter than the back. It's just a regular haircut with racing lines on the side. I'm proud (ashamed?) to say that I totally rocked this hairstyle when I was 8.
posted by lexicakes at 8:51 PM on August 15, 2010