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	Topics Sideburns Topic Home Sideburns (known colloquially as side-whiskers, or sideboards in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state that lies off the northwest coast... ) are patches of facial hairFacial hair Facial hair is a secondary sex characteristic in human males.... grown on the sides of a man'sFacts About Malé Mal , population 81,647 , is the capital of the Republic of Maldives.... face, in front of the earEar The ear is the sense organ that detects sound.... s. The term “sideburns” is a 19th century bastardisation of the original burnsides, named after Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustacheMoustache A moustache is facial hair usually grown on the upper lip and below the nose.... but left the chin clean-shavenClean-shaven A clean-shaven beard is one that has been totally removed, usually by shaving or other more radical means of depilation.... . Variations Sideburns are hardly restricted to any particular length or shape, and a number of variations can be found throughout history- they can be thin or wide, voluptuous or neatly-trimmed; be cropped flat, flare out, or end in a point; end at mid-ear or further down the jawline. The word 'Sideburns' is also a broad term that encompasses several other distinct types of facial hair, such as Mutton Chops and Friendly Mutton Chops. Mutton Chops are sideburns named for their mutton-like shape as they extend down to the corner of the mouth, while Friendly Mutton Chops connect both sideburns with a "friendly" moustache- a style of facial hair not unlike the one worn by Burnside himself. Sideburns can be worn in combination with other styles of facial hair, such as the moustache or goateeGoatee A goatee is a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin.... , but once they extend from ear to ear via the chin they cease to be sideburns and become a beardBeard A beard is the hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip.... , or chin curtain. History After the clean-shaven period of the eighteenth century, sideburns, like beards, began to grow in popularity during the early nineteenth century, a trend that eventually made its way to JapanJapan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from... . Nineteenth century sideburns were often far more extravagant than those seen today, appearing more along the lines of what we know as modern-day mutton chops. As with beards, sideburns went quickly out of fashionFashion The term fashion usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a personal mode of expressio... in the early twentieth century, but made a comeback in the 1960s and 1970s among the younger generation. Sideburns became a symbol of the gay club scenes of San Francisco and SydneySydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4.2 million people .... , Australia. Because of their multifarious history, sideburns may be seen as either stuffily VictorianVictorian morality Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of people living at the time of Queen Victoria in particular, and to... and ultra-conservativeFacts About Conservative Conservative may refer to:Conservatism, political philosophy, including:... , or as a sign of 1970s-style rebelRebel A rebel* is a participant in a rebellion.... liousness. Today sideburns enjoy an intermediate level of popularity, though groups of sideburn and beard aficionados have formed and flourished with the introduction of the internet. Indigenous men of MexicoFacts About Mexico The United Mexican States, generally known as Mexico is a country located in North America, bordered at the north by t... , who shave their heads and wear their sideburns long, as well as ColombiaFacts About Colombia The Republic of Colombia , is the northwesternmost country of South America.... ns, who wear their sideburns long and typically do not have any other facial hair, are said to be wearing "balcarrotas". Gallery of sideburns See also Facial hairFacial hair Facial hair is a secondary sex characteristic in human males.... BeardFacts About Beard A beard is the hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip.... StubbleStubble Stubble on a man's face is the unshaven beard growth that exists for one to three days, before it becomes long enough to cov... External links