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'skivvy' - term for ladies buzz cut, fashion dictionary, fashion words, fashion words defined, fun with words, ladies buzz cut, short hair chut, short hair styles
In the King James English translation of the Bible (completed in 1611),
1 Corinthians 11:15 reads:
“But if a woman have (has) long hair,
it is a glory to her:
for her hair is given her for a covering.”
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Martin Luther, the 16th century German theologian
whose works sparked the Protestant Reformation
is credited with saying:
“The hair is the riches ornament of women”
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Ancient writings and Renaissance thinkers alike,
praise a woman’s hair as a wondrous asset:
a thing of “glory” an “ornament”.
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Well, that was then and this is now.
Many modern women have embraced short hair styles
as a liberating symbol, a signature look for self expression.
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Yet, there is short, shorter still and the scalp revealing
“skivvy cut”.
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The skivvy (referencing to the word skin in sentiment / spelling)
is a meappropriatestyle word usage.
It has been part of my colloquial vocabulary for quite some time.
Unable to refer to a women’s extremely short hair cut as a “buzz cut”,
(I suppose because this term conjured up images of military indoctrination for
male recruits), I invented the word ‘skivvy’ as pet name
for my own to – skin hairstyle, which I once sported.
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The word sounded playful and fun,
in keeping with how I regarded my own hair style.
The term stuck and I have used it ever since.
Skivvy … maybe it will spread further afield and gain wide usage.
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Or maybe ‘the skivvy’ will simply remain my own.
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And the word is
Skivvy
skiv’vy (adj. or n.)
Pronounced: skee (long e) / ve (long e)
1. as an adjective: to describe a woman’s extremely short hair cut
2. as a noun: to name a woman’s extremely short hair cut
Synonym: buzz cut (a men’s hair styling)
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