covid cut

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covid cut (plural covid cuts)

  1. (informal) A self-administered haircut performed during a COVID-19 lockdown.
    • 2020 May 28, Alex McClintock, quoting Matthew Casselman, “"I'm saving a bunch": How a bureaucrat making $75,000 changed his spending habits during the pandemic”, in Toronto Life, archived from the original on 2022-05-23:
      Haircut: $0. "I haven't attempted the infamous 'Covid cut.' If we get to September and I still look like a caveman, I'll shave my head."
    • 2020 June 1, Jeff Zevely, “The News 8 team desperately needs a COVID haircut”, in CBS8, archived from the original on 2022-10-01:
      Chelsea Adair, the owner of Salon Adair, prides herself for mixing it up with a new look almost every month. She says your COVID cut doesn't have to take you back to the same old thing. So why not try something new?
    • 2020 June 12, Nathan Blay, quotee, “COVID-19: London cuts loose as more restrictions eased”, in The London Free Press, archived from the original on 2022-01-22:
      It's crazy not having my hair cut, and I didn't want a Covid cut as in my wife cutting it. Our hair is always really short and it drives me bonkers when it isn't.
    • 2021 April 3, Ian Smith, quoting Dawn Robinson, “The best and worst lockdown haircuts as competition fuels Amble barber's desire to get scissors back in hand”, in Northumberland Gazette, archived from the original on 2022-06-30:
      The worst covid cut went to Andrea Taylor for sending in her photo of her husband Gordon's attempt on his own hair.
    • 2021 June 30, Cheyenne Bholla, Ben Cohen, Irelyne Lavery, quoting Peter Kalamaris, “'I feel normal': Step 2 reopening greeted with relief by Toronto salons, shaggy customers”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2021-06-30:
      "It's great to be back and cutting," Kalamaris said, adding clients seemed extremely happy to get rid of their "mops" and "butchered COVID cuts."