THE MULLET WHO WENT MULLETING
Let me tell you about the word MULLET!
MULLET is chiefly a noun, and has three meanings:
1. a marine fish that is widely caught for food
ORIGIN: Latin “mullus”, from the Greek “mullos”.
2. a star with five (or more) straight-edged points or rays, as a charge or a mark of cadency for a third son.
ORIGIN: from Latin mola ‘grindstone’.
3. a man’s hairstyle in which the hair is cut short at the front and sides and left long at the back.
ORIGIN
1990s: of unknown origin.
Well, I propose MULLET be added in the dictionary with a new meaning:
MULLET
verb
[no object, usually with adverbial] move secretly and expediently by packing lots of swimming trunks in a suitcase and leaving your home, job, commitment, etc. when heavy winter sets in and heading for a tropical resort: He mulleted so quickly no one saw it coming.
ORIGIN
North American informal, circa 21st century. From a public figure who, for unknown reasons, had a mullet when he decided to mullet.
See you,
Misty
Let me tell you about the word MULLET!
MULLET is chiefly a noun, and has three meanings:
1. a marine fish that is widely caught for food
ORIGIN: Latin “mullus”, from the Greek “mullos”.
2. a star with five (or more) straight-edged points or rays, as a charge or a mark of cadency for a third son.
ORIGIN: from Latin mola ‘grindstone’.
3. a man’s hairstyle in which the hair is cut short at the front and sides and left long at the back.
ORIGIN
1990s: of unknown origin.
Well, I propose MULLET be added in the dictionary with a new meaning:
MULLET
verb
[no object, usually with adverbial] move secretly and expediently by packing lots of swimming trunks in a suitcase and leaving your home, job, commitment, etc. when heavy winter sets in and heading for a tropical resort: He mulleted so quickly no one saw it coming.
ORIGIN
North American informal, circa 21st century. From a public figure who, for unknown reasons, had a mullet when he decided to mullet.
See you,
Misty
