Timeline for What to call the area where the hair directions all change on the head?
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| Aug 31, 2022 at 17:33 | answer | added | Patricia Swofford | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 18:39 | comment | added | Zane | I would not know of such a word in German (least in English). I'll ask my hairdresser next time if there is a German word for this. Sorry, this is of no help, just had to remark this. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 15:52 | answer | added | Ewing Fox | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 17:16 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | No, a cowlick is related to these concepts, but decidely different: it's a portion of the hair that sticks up because the grain of the hair is running against the direction that it has been combed or brushed. I should know, I had a giant one througout my childhood, until I was old enough to get my own barber. | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 12:36 | answer | added | Micah Walter | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 7:59 | vote | accept | v010dya | ||
| Jun 30, 2014 at 5:59 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | @user867 - a cowlick can be upwards, but it is an area where hair growth direction changes. Shaved close, these are often whorls or half-whorls (if on the skin/scalp border). But I am not quite sure to what, exactly, the OP is referring. I'm guessing whorls. Maybe. Or crowns? But not on the top of the head? Best to throw them all in. | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 5:53 | answer | added | Keith | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 5:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/483475056178524161 | ||
| Jun 30, 2014 at 4:52 | comment | added | Shokhet | Google translate has your word макушка as "top," but alternate meanings include "crown," "pate," and "vertex" | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 4:36 | comment | added | user867 | @medica Really? In my mind, a cowlick points decidedly upwards. | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 4:24 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2014 at 3:26 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 38 | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 3:24 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | We sometimes call these cowlicks. | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 3:24 | answer | added | bye | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 3:19 | history | asked | v010dya | CC BY-SA 3.0 |