sideburns
Facial hair strips
Sideburns are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of a man's face, extending from the hairline down toward the jaw while leaving the chin clean-shaven.
The term derives from the name of American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, whose distinctive whiskers connected to his mustache while leaving his chin bare—originally called "burnsides" before the syllables reversed.
Sideburns range from thin strips to bushy muttonchops: He grew out his sideburns for a seventies look.
Wide facial whiskers
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- sidelocksHair grown beside ears
- beardFacial hair growth
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
goatee · mustache · chinstrap · bristle · tuft · follicle · cheek · jowl
Cutting or pruning device
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- razorBlade for removing hair
- shavingRemoving hair with blade
- barberProfessional who trims locks
edging · shaping · tapering · sculpting · contouring · fade · outline · maintenance
Rock and roll monarch
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- seventies1970-1979 period
- sixtiesNumbers sixty through sixty-nine
- modSoftware tweak or admin
disco · funk · soul · greaser · pompadour · vintage · revival · throwback
Currently in vogue
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- dapperNeatly and stylishly dressed
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- distinguishedNotable and respected
rugged · statement · bold · signature · aesthetic · groomed · sculpted · dramatic
Resembling a famous president
- weepersThose who shed tears
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
Regency · nineteenth-century · Dickensian · colonial · antebellum · daguerreotype · gentlemen · cavalry
muttonchops
Wide facial whiskers
stubble · goatee · mustache · chinstrap · bristle · tuft · follicle · cheek · jowl · patchy
trimmer
Cutting or pruning device
barber · edging · shaping · tapering · sculpting · contouring · fade · outline · maintenance · precision
Elvis
Rock and roll monarch
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- seventies1970-1979 period
- sixtiesNumbers sixty through sixty-nine
mod · disco · funk · soul · greaser · pompadour · vintage · revival · throwback · kitsch
trendy
Currently in vogue
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- dapperNeatly and stylishly dressed
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
distinguished · rugged · statement · bold · signature · aesthetic · groomed · sculpted · dramatic · subtle
Lincolnesque
Resembling a famous president
Napoleonic · Regency · nineteenth-century · Dickensian · colonial · antebellum · daguerreotype · gentlemen · cavalry · aristocratic
- 70sdisco, bell-bottoms, Saturday Night Fever, pet rock, leisure suits
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- facial hairbeard, bearded, goatee, moustache, stubble
- BoomersAARP, AARP member, empty nester, empty nesters, grandparent
- beard contestsfull beard, goatee, handlebar mustache, mutton chops, Fu Manchu
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily