ponytail

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ponytail
    n 1: a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down
         in back of the head like a pony's tail
    
from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
ponytail
 n.

   1. A hairstyle in which long hair is held back so as to hang down like
   a pony's tail.

   2. A descriptive term for a man having a ponytail hairstyle, or such
   character traits as might be associated with having a ponytail, eg:
   effeminacy, narcissism, undue concern with fashion etc.

   3. A general term used by hackers for 'creatives': advertising
   copywriters, graphic designers, video compositors, users characterised
   by a preference for the Macintosh, recreational drug use, and better
   sex lives than programmers.

   4. A derogatory term for web designers and other persons peripherally
   associated with IT projects, devoid of programming skills and
   dismissed as being concerned with visual presentation to the exclusion
   of actual technical reality.
    

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