The Anatomy of the Common Beard

Win­ter is cer­tainly a time when beards are at their most sported. Every sec­ond or third man seems to wear a beard at some point of winter.

After a dis­cus­sion on Twit­ter today about the var­i­ous parts of the beard, mostly with a chap called Phill, a new set of beard terms have been reached that I think reflect the class and dig­nity inher­ent in a fur-face.

common-beard

17. June 2009



8 Comments

phill

I wish to pro­pose one more class that appears just below your mar­vel­lous illus­tra­tion: tran­schestlings, hairs that sit just under the Adam’s apple and glare envi­ously past the collarbone.

Love the sketch (:

Housemate Numero Uno!

What about those patchy bits in the mid­dle of the cheek­fuz­zling region where hair refuses to grow at all despite the clear geo­graph­i­cal require­ment of hair growth…? Bermudatrianglings..?

Ken

What about the lit­tle tick­ler just under the bot­tom lip?

Andrew

OK, any other beard sug­ges­tions before I revise the Anatomy of the Com­mon Beard?

#2

What about those beard hairs that are inex­plic­a­ble gin­ger while the beard owner is him­self blonde or brunette?

‘gin­ger­lings’?

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indi

Hi Andrew
I’ve just started your book. I like it so far. Thank you for sign­ing it for me.
I like Bar­code.
I haven’t got a blog yet because Dad won’t let me but I want one.
From Indigo!!!

hackpacker

Nice to see the beard finally explored in depth.