What is this part of hair called?

[alpacinou]

What is this part of hair called?



Is it called "sideburn" or should it be longer to be called sideburn?

 

[SoothingDave]

Sideburns. Originally called "Burnsides" after an army general with the name Burnside.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wor...e,full mustache, but with a clean shaven chin.

 

[Skrej]

If they get long enough (say down to the middle of the cheek or more), then they're sometimes called 'mutton chops'.

Think Hugh Jackman's 'Wolverine' look.

 

[5jj]

In BrE, They (usually referred to in the plural) are often 'sideboards'.

 

[Skrej]

In BrE, They (usually reffered to in the plural) are often 'sideboards'.

Now I'm imagining someone only wearing/growing one. Must search Google images with this morning's coffee.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, They (usually referred to in the plural) are often 'sideboards'.

I've only heard that a couple of times. I assumed the speaker meant to say "sideburns" and either got the word wrong or was trying to be amusing.

 

[Rover_KE]

Sideboards is commonly heard in NW England.

 

[alpacinou]

Are these okay?

1. Gray hair had smudged his sideburns/sideboards, lending him an air of maturity.

2. Self-doubt and guilt had smudged his sideboards with a grayish tint.

 

[emsr2d2]

1 is OK.
2 makes no sense. Self-doubt and guilt don't change your hair/beard/sideburn colour.

 

[Skrej]

We do say stress turns your hair grey/white, though. I suppose self-doubt and guilt could well be sources of stress. Typically though that's only in reference to someone who has started turning grey either earlier than expected or had (relatively) sudden onset of grayness. U.S. Presidents for example almost always grey noticeably during their tenure (which is only a 4-8 year period).

You could certainly say something like 'stress had streaked his hair with grey' or 'smudged with stress-induced grey' or 'peppered with whites and greys from stress'.

With that in mind, #2 doesn't really bother me either, although I might drop 'tint' and simply say 'with grey' Tint is almost redundant with 'smudged'.