Interested? I recommend this article, which includes such gems as
"It might seem that mullethead "fool" came from mullethead "fish" (since the naming of human beings characterized by their behavior according to a metaphorical resemblance with animals is common). But mulletheaded "foolish" is recorded from 1857, seven years before mullethead "fish": "The men, for the most part sleepy, ignorant, mullet-headed looking wretches"; so it is not clear whether the fool was named for the fish, or the fish for the fool."
--yourdictionary.com
And--as promised, Melissa--I am including this:
I told you I had a girl-mullet. You didn't believe me, did you?
2 comments:
Oh Susan. Your hair was so feathered. But look how cute you were in your cheerleading uniform! I'd say you were downright adorable!
It's okay, because I also had a haircut that quite resembles a mullet, at least from the front. If I can get my scanner to cooperate, I will send it to you so you can laugh :)
Mmmm. Since we are studying the word "mullet" as a linguistic phenomenon...I should probably mention that the girl-mullet is sometimes referred to as a "femullet".
I can only offer this as a defense: It was, after all, 1986. EVERYBODY had a mullet.
Okay, maybe not everybody, but a whole lotta folks, anyway!
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