{"id":3646,"date":"2013-11-11T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2014-02-19T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T20:08:02","slug":"mustaches-of-the-world-to-kick-off-movember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/mustaches-of-the-world-to-kick-off-movember\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustaches of the World to Kick Off Movember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3650\" alt=\"Image 11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-11.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>One of the most fascinating things about language is how quickly it evolves, especially during the Internet Age.\u00a0 Words that didn\u2019t exist a few years, months, or even weeks ago suddenly become part of the collective vernacular due to viral memes, videos, and social movements \u00a0(for example, \u201ctwerking,\u201d though I\u2019m still not entirely sure what that is). \u00a0Another word that has exploded into being thanks to internet activism and young men\u2019s eagerness to release their inner hipster and experiment with facial hair is the term \u201cMovember.\u201d\u00a0 Movember, a conjunction of \u201cmustache November,\u201d refers to men devoting the month of November to growing mustaches as a means of raising donations and increasing awareness of prostate cancer.\u00a0 It has proved a wildly popular and successful phenomenon, and to kick off Movember, I have compiled a list of different terms for iconic mustaches that you might wish to try out for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, the term \u201cmustache\u201d itself comes from the French <i>moustache,<\/i> which in turn is derived from the 14<sup>th<\/sup> century Italian <i>moustacio.\u00a0 <\/i>The original Greek, <i>moustakion, <\/i>comes from a Hellenistic Greek term<i> <\/i>meaning \u201cupper lip\u201d or \u201cfacial hair.\u201d Unrelated to the English etymology but still a great word is the German <i>schnurrbart (<\/i>just try saying it\u2026 SCHNURRBART!\u00a0 It literally means \u201cnose beard\u201d). \u00a0Mustaches can come in many guises, whether styled or unstyled, such as the<i> <\/i>Handlebar mustache\u2014the most luscious and aesthetically pleasing of all mustaches, full and luxurious and curling up at the tips, the kind of mustache you\u2019d expect to see on a dashing highwayman, an opera-singing barber, or a vaudeville villain.\u00a0 Dating back to roughly 1926, the term originated from the mustache\u2019s similarity in shape to the handlebars of a bicycle.\u00a0 Nothing too far-fetched there.<\/p>\n<p>On the opposite end of the spectrum, you have the Pencil mustache, the thin, weedy strip of hair outlining the upper lip generally sported by conmen, Mafiosi, card sharks, and other creepy types including Vincent Price, Clark Gable, and Steve Buscemi in <i>Fargo<\/i>.\u00a0 Its name, of course, derives from the fact that it is thin and pointy, like a pencil, or possibly that it looks like it was scribbled on by a pencil, take your pick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3651\" alt=\"Image 12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-12-464x630.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-12-464x630.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.languagetrainers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-12.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Many mustaches are named after men who made them legendary.\u00a0 The Hitler mustache, a tiny square of hair located right under the nose, was actually known as the Toothbrush mustache before World War II, and was worn by widely loved comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and Oliver Hardy.\u00a0 The Dal\u00ed mustache, named after Surrealist painter Salvador Dal\u00ed, is the conspicuously thin and curvy mustache in which both ends steeply ascend, almost like the hands on a clock.\u00a0 Long, drooping mustaches are known as either the Fu Manchu after the villain in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century novels by Sax Rohmer, the Pancho Villa after the Mexican revolutionary, or the Hulk Hogan (also known as the \u201chorseshoe\u201d or the \u201cbiker\u201d mustache), after the wrestler, depending on their thickness.<\/p>\n<p>Other historic mustaches that have fallen somewhat out of popularity over the past few decades are the Walrus mustache, big and bushy but meticulously shaped, often covering the mouth completely and comparable to a walrus\u2019s whiskers, famously attributed to Mark Twain and Friedrich Nietzsche, and the Chevron mustache, originally named after the chevron, a stripe worn on the sleeve of a military uniform denoting rank.\u00a0 History\u2019s most famous and impressive Chevron mustache belonged to Josef Stalin, though now the style is more widely referred to as the &#8220;Porn \u2018Stache,&#8221; due to its popularity among various adult film stars of the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>A good mustache can provide a sense of mystique, drama, or humor to an otherwise ordinary face, while a poorly done mustache can seem pretentious or worse, so choose your style carefully.\u00a0 Even women can get involved by growing the ever popular \u201cFrida Kahlo\u201d or by crafting false mustaches out of yarn or cardboard.\u00a0 To learn more about Movember, or to donate to prostate cancer research, check out their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/us.movember.com\/\">http:\/\/us.movember.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you know other bizarre words for mustaches?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most fascinating 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