Beard Liberation Front Style Guide
Version 1.1 December 2021
Beard: always use beard to describe facial hair. Ignore covert barbers who claim certain styles or lengths are ‘not beards’
Trim: never use this word. Instead use ‘prune’
Follicles: strictly speaking the roots of beard hairs but general usage to describe beard hairs
Hirsute: use to describe general hairiness including stubble
Stubble: do not use. Hirsute is the correct usage
Shave or Shaved: only use as an allegory
Barbers: not in general use
Beard Oil: use as a neutral term neither promoting or denigrating
Pogonophobe: technical term. Often better to use ‘beard hater’
Beard Power: campaign term. Best avoided in formal usage.
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