Tuesday, December 17, 2013

By the beard of Herman Melville

A partial list of all the euphemisms Herman Melville ever used for beards:
  • the crop
  • suburbs of the chin
  • homeward-bounders
  • fly-brushes
  • long, trailing moss hanging from the bough of some aged oak
  • love-curls
  • Winnebago locks
  • carroty bunches
  • rebellious bristles
  • redundant mops
  • yellow bamboos
  • long whiskers
  • thrice-noble beards
  • plantations of hair
  • whiskerandoes
  • nodding harvests
  • viny locks
  • the fleece
  • fine tassels
  • goatees
  • imperials
  • sacred things
  • admiral’s pennant
  • manhood
  • muzzle-lashings
Source: unknown. I've had this as a saved email draft since February 2011. Who I meant to send it to still remains unclear.