man bun

man bun

slang A hairstyle worn by some men with long hair in which the hair is tied into a "bun" (traditionally a female hairstyle) at the top or back of the head. My boyfriend has a man bun now, and I'm not sure how I feel about it.
See also: bun, man
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • mullet
  • put (one's) hair up
  • put hair up
  • get in (one's) hair
  • get in somebody's hair
  • out of curl
  • tear one's hair, to
  • slickum
  • split ends
  • ginger
References in periodicals archive
DAN CHAMBERS THE support worker with the man bun became the first contestant to be voted off the new series of The Great British Bake Off after his fruit cake turned out to be raw in the middle.
Bake Off DAN CHAMBERS THE support worker with the man bun became the first contestant to be voted off the new series of The Great British Bake Off after his fruit cake turned out to be raw in the middle.
Dan on The Great British Bake Off DAN CHAMBERS THE support worker with the man bun became the first contestant to be voted off the new series of The Great British Bake Off after his fruit cake turned out to be raw in the middle.
When I read of some ditzy, man bun wearing hipster moaning that it is too cold in his climate controlled office, or such like, it makes me wonder if the human race will survive and will the gene pool become so watered down by unadaptable misanthropes that we will go the same way as the dinosaurs and Trabants.
Co-owner Lawrence Cua calls it the ultimate 'man bun.' It has more meat than the shop's signature lobster roll minus the lemon-butter sauce.
Materialising as an oversized Smurf with an angry man bun, the Fresh Prince feels stale and synthetic as he attempts to replicate the quick-fire verbal gymnastics performed by Robin Williams in the original film.
Laude's picture shows him sporting a man bun, an extended beard, killer eyebrows and an intense look; much like Drogo.
Several social media users were dissatisfied with the take, with Twitter user @SarahNickfm saying : "All we wanted was a blue CGI [Computer Generated Imagery] genie, but instead we have Will Smith with a man bun and jewellery."
Kidman and Dafoe, sporting a fetching man bun, buoy throwaway supporting roles and refuse to drown in the relentless onslaught of special effects trickery.
But the 46-year-old shocked fans of the BBC dancing show with his new man bun and facial hair - so much so that they could barely recognise him.
The "man bun," popular a few years ago, has thankfully disappeared, and the trendy back and sides cuts are waning, too, as long hair is making a return.
"I can remember the first season I was at Whitletts I had a man bun and I was getting pelters from the away fans.
So I noticed this guy by the elevator was well built and had a nice man bun, which is one of the few L.A.
While Hasan Ali is rocking a man bun, Shadab is sporting a fade with lines and also a French beard.
It was a talking point at St James' Park when the players ran out and the United forward had his hair tied up in what is probably best described as a 'man bun'.