A Little Hair-Related Vocabulary

• A Little Hair-Related Vocabulary
  

  

  Texas Long Hair

  
  

  A New Word for MLHH:

  pogonotrophy (po-guh-NAW-truh-fee) noun

  The growing of a beard.

  [From Greek pogon (beard) + -trophy (nourishment,
  growth).]

  Pogonology is the study of beards and pogonotomy is a
  fancy word for shaving.
  --from www.wordsmith.org

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  • Re: A Little Hair-Related Vocabulary
    

    

    Arrick

    
    

    Yahoo has a word of the day.There hasn't been one that stumped me.Pogonotrophy would have done it.Hell,my spell checker doesn't like it.I need to take some pics.At age 53 I have grown my first beard.Lot of gray.

    Arrick

    A New Word for MLHH:

    pogonotrophy (po-guh-NAW-truh-fee) noun

    The growing of a beard.

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  • Re: A Little Hair-Related Vocabulary
    

    

    Waldheri

    
    

    "I have until yet been unable to participate in pogonotrophy" :-(
    -"You WHAT in pornography?"

    Hahah!

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  • Re: A Little Hair-Related Vocabulary
    

    

    Grant

    
    

    English

    [edit] Etymology

    From Greek tricho, "hair" + Greek philia, "love"

    [edit] Pronunciation

    * Rhymes: -ɪliə

    [edit] Noun

    trichophilia

    1. a paraphilia in which one is sexual aroused, or is extremely fond of, human hair
    2. any hair-related fetish

    ^_^

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