Citations:halfro

English citations of halfro

Noun: "(slang, humorous) an afro hairstyle that only covers half the head or is otherwise of below average size"

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• 2006 March 6, Milhouse Authentico, “Re: 2006 RSPW MARCH MELEE Round three results:”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎^[1] (Usenet):

  > I don't know who J! is but I still believe Milhouse has an afro
  > and that just doesn't work for me.
  If I did, it would be turning into a halfro, as I'm very slowly starting to lose my hair...

• 2007, Richard Peabody, Kiss the Sky: Fiction & Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix, Paycock Press (2007), →ISBN, page 149:

  He met us at the door with this big 'fro, or half an afro, halfro—he slept on his right side evidently.

• 2007, Tim Nudd, "Nothing says style quite like Members Only", Adweek, 25 June 2007:

  But I think the pitchman’s Art Garfunkel-esque halfro is more offensive, since it looks different in nearly every frame.

• 2009, Adam Sobsey, "It ends how it began: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees pound Durham Bulls (also: Fernando's back!)", Indy Week, 18 August 2009:

  And with his bushy hairdo---not an Afro; more like a Halfro---Perez looks like he could have stepped out of Ebony magazine ca. 1978, or stunt-doubled (without the mustache) for Antonio Fargas back in the blaxploitation days.

• 2011, Heija Nunn, "A little off the top", The Scene, April 2011:

  In August, immediately after his ritual back-to-school head shearing, my middle son, Venom Pen, decided to test the outer limits of his hair's pouf by growing an afro, or as I more accurately call it, a "halfro."

• 2013, Matthew T. Bell, "Earth Drum", in The Elderly Kids: Short Stories, AuthorHouse (2013), →ISBN, page 21:

  One had a halfro and a Kobe Bryant Jersey that appeared to be unaccompanied by pants, toddler-sized Nikes peaked out from the bottom.