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[-] abcdqfr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

TIL the mo in Mohawk is short for mono. Holy fuck

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Only in a backwards etymological way. It comes from the Mohawk people of modern New York (even though they mostly didn't sport that hairstyle, the association stuck anyway because of Hollywood)

[-] visc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And the “ro” in “Afro” is short for rohawk, which in turn is short for roundhawk, because its rounder than the monohawk.

Hawk comes from “haw cut”, “haircut”.

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