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We've all sported hairstyles we'd rather forget. One particular 'do that continues to thrive despite widespread ridicule and mockery is the haircut everyone loves to hate: the mullet. The short-on-top, long-in-the-back "look" may have been ditched by infamous mullet pioneer Billy Ray Cyrus, but it's alive and kickin' on the Web. For a definition and further enlightenment, we turned to Yahoo!'s Mullet category. We began with the Grand Royal Mullet Bonanza because the description promised an etymological origin for the term. The site reprints the genesis for the mullet-spotting movement from the second issue of the Beastie Boys' house
magazine, Grand Royal. This humorous exposé disseminates the tonsorial nightmare and the culture that spawns it. Mulling over the Mullet explains the murky origin of the term with credit given to Beastie Boy Mike D. for first usage of the word. Be sure to read Mike D.'s account of becoming a mullethead for a day for humorous insight into the haircut and the lifestyle. We then turned to Mullet Junky for further enlightenment on the hairstyle that has been described as "business in the front, party in the back." The site attributes the phrase
to the movie Cool Hand Luke. Whatever its origins, the mullet has spawned a variety of nicknames including the Soccer Rocker, the Ape Drape, and the Tennessee Tophat. We made one last attempt to find a true definition and turned to Yourdictionary. Their background on the mullet is extensive and makes for interesting reading, although it's unable to shed any light on the origin of the term. A large part of the mullet's appeal is finding or taking photos of egregious mullets. Some of the best sites compile mullet photos and offer them up for your viewing pleasure. Mullets Galore offers up a Mullet of the Week feature, and Rate My
Mullet crosses a little "Am I Hot or Not" with a dose of the "Wisconsin Waterfall" for an easy laugh. Mullet humor may seem a little mean-spirited (and it is), but remember, we're not laughing at bad haircuts, we're laughing with them. Except in the case of Billy Ray Cyrus.
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