halfro

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English

Etymology

Blend of half +‎ afro.

Noun

halfro (plural halfros)

(slang, humorous) An afro hairstyle that only covers half the head or is otherwise of below average size.
- 2007, Richard Peabody, Kiss the Sky: Fiction & Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix, Paycock Press, →ISBN, page 149:
  He met us at the door with this big 'fro, or half an afro, halfro—he slept on his right side evidently.
- 2007 June 25, Tim Nudd, “Nothing says style quite like Members Only”, in Adweek:
  But I think the pitchman’s Art Garfunkel-esque halfro is more offensive, since it looks different in nearly every frame.
- 2013, Matthew T. Bell, “Earth Drum”, in The Elderly Kids: Short Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 21:
  One had a halfro and a Kobe Bryant Jersey that appeared to be unaccompanied by pants, toddler-sized Nikes peaked out from the bottom.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:halfro.

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