mohawk/not mohawk

[Benjamin Barrett]

I got a mohawk about two years ago and found there are a lot of different hairstyles under that general term.

Wikipedia has dreadhawk, lazy hawk, Rayhawk, reverse mohawk (nohawk/hawkmo) and shark fin.

I also have a friend named Joe who refers to his hair style as a Joehawk. It's possible he found that term on Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=joehawk), but I think he coined it.

Clearly, "hawk" has become a morpheme in its own right.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Feb 7, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

>
> More-specifically, the faux-hawk:
>
> http://goo.gl/qhO0P
>> The mohawk hairstyle was first associated with ancient mummies and the
>> Native American Mohawk tribe, but it became a popular symbol of
>> rebellion in the punk rock movement during the 1980s. It was achieved
>> by shaving the sides of the head and spiking the middle hair with
>> product. (In the '90s and 2000s, the style was still prominent among
>> rockers such as Travis Barker from the band Blink-182.) The style
>> gradually transitioned to the everyday wearable faux-hawk. This style
>> features longer hair that has been gathered, raised and slightly
>> spiked at the top of the head with product. Soccer players David
>> Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have sported faux-hawks.
>
> If it doesn't open on the right photo, it's #14
>
> Mohawk is, of course, in the OED. Faux-hawk is not. It is in UD, in
> Wordnik (without definition) and in Wiki (under Mohawk hairstyle).
>
>     VS-)

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