baby bangs

English

This 1903 portrait of Joan of Arc features baby bangs.

Alternative forms

• baby-bangs

Pronunciation

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Noun

baby bangs pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Short, straight, blunt-edged bangs (hairstyle), especially when paired with a bob.
   • 2012, Christopher Bram, Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America:

     This is the famous Harold Halma shot of young Capote supine on a sofa, facing the camera with his baby bangs and seductive gaze.

   • 2015 June 21, Amy Sohn, “Women who dress for themselves, and nobody else”, in Sierra Vista Herald, page C3:

     On her feet were black socks with platform sport sandals, and her face was framed by John Lennon glasses and blue baby bangs.

   • 2016, Katelyn Bongiorno, "Hair Flair", Cliche Magazine, August/September 2016, page 38:

     Bangs are being reinvented this season in a big way, and baby bangs are all the rage during the warm summer months.

   • 2019 September, Karen Campbell, “Big Bang Theory”, in Hampton Gazette, page 27:

     Baby bangs will emphasise beautiful brows; […]

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Synonyms

• TERF bangs