TERF bangs

== English == === Alternative forms === terf bangs === Etymology === Originated on social media platform Tumblr circa 2014 from the (possibly jocular) association of women with this hairstyle and trans-exclusionary feminist views. === Noun === TERF bangs pl (plural only) (slang) Short, straight, blunt-edged bangs, especially when paired with a bob on a woman. 2017, "How To Dress Like an Art Hoe", Jerk Magazine (Syracuse University), March 2017, page 67 (caption pointing to an image of someone with such bangs): TERF bangs: My tumblr post critiquing modern beauty standards got over 100,000 reblogs, but it's so important to uphold these values in day-to-day life, too. I don't even know what TERF stands for! 2019, Anonymous, quoted in Danny M. Lavery, "Help! My Stepfather Told Me He Had a Sex Dream About Me.", Slate, 6 August 2019: Basically, you can pry my TERF bangs from my cold, dead forehead—unless you tell me they’re actively doing harm, in which case I guess it’s headbands for a while. 2019, "Assimilation Advice from a fellow SoCoDu", The Piranha (Trinity College, Dublin), September 2019, page 6: […] tell your hair stylist at Brown Sugar you need a chin length blunt bob with terf bangs stat. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TERF bangs. ==== Synonyms ==== baby bangs ==== See also ==== Karen haircut === References ===