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Where did the word “Bang” come from to describe a hair style or cut?

Im just curious as to how the word came about…it sounds really funny…I mean its so normal to say “Im going to cut Bangs in my hair”, but when you think about it, what is a “Bang”….where did that word description come from?

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One school of thought is that it ends abruptly, cut straight across the forehead
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“Bangs,” the hair style, does indeed come from the same roots as “bang,” the sound of a gun, a slamming door, or countless other abrupt noises. The word “bang” first appeared in written English in the 16th century, but is thought to have been known in the dialects of Northern England long before that date. “Bang” comes from an Old Norse word “banga” meaning “to hammer,” and is a linguistic relic of the Viking invasions of England beginning in the eighth century. “Bang” at first meant “to strike violently,” but gradually the word came to be used for any sudden or violent movement, especially one which caused a loud noise. One of the earliest written examples of this expanded sense of “bang” refers to slamming a door, an apparently universal human action which may yet prove to be as great an instrument of self- expression as the typewriter. Aside from doors, nearly anything could go “bang,” from guns to pianos, and “bang” also came to mean fight or beat up.

“Bang” continued to evolve, and by the 19th century was used to convey suddenness or finality, which brings us at last from Old Norse hammers to modern haircuts. “Bangs” are so-called because they are created by cutting the hair “bang- off,” abruptly and straight across the forehead. And finally, at the risk of offending our bang-coiffed readers, I must tell you that “bangs” as a young lady’s hairstyle almost certainly originated with the practice of cutting horses’ tails straight across, a style known to this day as a “bang-tail.”

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It comes from bangtail, racing slang for a racehorse.

bang-Often, bangs. a fringe of hair combed or brushed forward over the forehead.

[Origin: 1860–65, Americanism; short for bangtail]

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4 years ago
Loudermilk
short hair is good for some people, others, not. it depends what u look like
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4 years ago
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I prefer hair that will is shoulder length or longer, And also since that men who like women are more often then not directly, they like long hair because this looks more feminine, as most guys have short hair.
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4 years ago
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