random curiosity

[kaigou]

Anyone know the more formal term for what some fandoms *cough*WK*cough* call 'eartails'? I know there's an actual term for them. I just can't recall what it is. Any ideas?

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[sil-leg.livejournal.com]

What I got was: Eartails - momiage? Anyway, they're the little wisps of hair that hang just in front of your ears. Hmmm... Most anime girls have those. And Aya from Weiss Kreuz. *__*
from http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t643-550.html

[solitude1056.livejournal.com]

Except that momiage are sideburns, which is defined as "hair that grows from directly above/in front of the ears" and eartails (like the hime/princess cut long side fringe) are hair that grows from the temples, an inch or so above the sideburns section of the face.

And I'm almost positive there's a technical term for "noticeably longer hair grown from the temples" ...but the only reference I could find was -- unbelieveably -- to peyot, which are the extra-long locks grown by Hassidic men. Okay, not quite what I meant!

Guess I'll just have to tell my stylist about the hime-cut style, and the notion of "extra long side fringe" and consider that the technical term between the two of us. ;-)