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The word "moustache" is French, and is derived from the Italian mustaccio (14th century), dialectal mostaccio (16th century), from Medieval Latin mustacchium (eighth century), Medieval Greek μουστάκιον (moustakion), attested in the ninth century, which ultimately originates as a diminutive of Hellenistic Greek μύσταξ (mustax, mustak-), meaning "upper lip" or "facial hair", [3 ...
A moustache that covers the area between the vermilion border and nose, and extends to the edges of upper lips, but no further. [1] Dali moustache Narrow moustache that points upwards. Named after Salvador Dalí. [2] English moustache A wide moustache that gets narrow on the sides, but is mostly straight. [1] Fu Manchu moustache
A handlebar moustache is a moustache with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. These moustache styles are named for their resemblance to the handlebars of a bicycle . [ 1 ] It is also known as a spaghetti moustache , because of its stereotypical association with Italian men.
A pencil moustache is a thin moustache found adjacent to, or a little above the lip. [1] [2] The style is neatly clipped, so that the moustache takes the form of a thin line, as if it had been drawn using a pencil. A large gap is left between the nose and the moustache. The line of facial hair either breaks across the philtrum, or continues ...
The toothbrush originally became popular in the late 19th century, in the United States. [1] It was a neat, uniform, low-maintenance moustache that echoed the standardization and uniformity brought on by industrialization, in contrast to the more flamboyant styles typical of the 19th century such as the imperial, walrus, handlebar, horseshoe, and pencil moustaches.
This month many men across the U.S. and other countries will grow a mustache as part of Movember, an annual event designed to increase awareness of prostate cancer and other men's health issues.
It is a portmanteau of the Australian-English diminutive word for moustache, "mo", [2] and "November". [3] The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com. [ 4 ] The goal of Movember is to "change the face of men's health."
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