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A beard that commits to the chin and nowhere else, for strategic reasons.
means A small pointed or tufted beard grown on the chin, with the cheeks left bare.
from Named for its resemblance to the tuft of hair on a male goat's chin — the word simply bolts the animal's name onto the suffix '-ee,' a pattern English uses to mark something as having or resembling a quality (as in 'bootee'). It surfaces in English in the 1800s, right around when chin-only facial hair became fashionable enough to need its own name.
- name origin
- Named for resembling a goat's chin tuft.
- face slimming
- Barbers use it to visually narrow a round jaw.
- evil twin trope
- Sci-fi shorthand for your character's goatee alter ego.
- maintenance trap
- Looks lazy, actually needs daily trimming to stay sharp.