Man-bun

//ˈmænˌbʌn// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The bun hairstyle when worn by a man or boy. informal

    "The woman – more a girl really – was white, with short, electric-blue dreads, and the man's face was buried beneath the duvet with only his hair visible – one of those man-buns that some of the young white guys were sporting nowadays."

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"Caleb got really angry when, screaming about cultural appropriation, Keiko called out his man-bun."

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