skullet (plural skullets) (informal) A more extreme form of the mullet hairstyle, in which the hair at the back is kept long, whilst the hair on the top and the sides is shaven in a buzzcut or skinhead style.
What is the difference between a mullet and skullet? A traditional mullet will have a few inches of hair on the top, whereas a skullet is traditionally clean-shaven crew cut style on top.
Origin of skullet
It is unclear who first coined "skullet," but the hairstyle has been around for centuries (see almost any Benjamin Franklin portrait). However, the term gained popularity in the 2010s as a variation of the mullet hairstyle, which gained popularity in the 1970s and 1980s.
"Australians love mullets because we consider ourselves to be larrikins," she says. A larrikin, similar to a ratbag, explains the BBC, means a cheeky rule-breaker in today's society, but in the 1800s meant urban, working-class youths.
While many tend to embody the mullet as a hairstyle embedded in the Australian culture, the roots of the mullet name can be traced back to the song 'Mullet Head', released by US hip hop band the Beastie Boys in 1994, according to the Oxford Dictionary.
The mullet is a hairstyle that we Aussies have claimed as our own. It's got history, it's Larkin, it's wild and these days it comes in endless variations. The hairstyle is more popular today than ever before and we believe that the mullet is truely the most "Australian" hairstyle of all time.
The harsh environment in which convicts and new settlers found themselves meant that men and women closely relied on each other for all sorts of help. In Australia, a 'mate' is more than just a friend and is a term that implies a sense of shared experience, mutual respect and unconditional assistance.
A common slang term for mustache is stache. In Australia, however, they call a moustache a mo, and we have this slang term to thank for the word Movember.
Ziff, Australian for beard.
haircut: You've had a bocka! Also, bocker.
Archaeological evidence confirms the existence of ur-mullets in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Asia Minor, writes Henderson. Hittite warriors from the 16th century BCE sported mulletlike cuts, as did the Assyrians and Egyptians.
It likely helped early peoples keep their necks warm and dry, according to Alan Henderson in his book Mullet Madness, a history of the look. Warriors with the style were harder to grab during battle and could fight without the frustration of hair in their eyes. Helmets fit better with a short-on-top do.
The hairstyle was first worn by French fashion guru Henri Mollet in the early seventies. The "Mollet" did not see much light apart from in the french underground dance scene, until it was ressurected by popular television personalities such as Pat Sharp, the word having been anglicised by this point to "Mullet".
To put this in the simplest terms, a shullet is an extreme shag. This haircut trend is the meeting point between a mullet and a shag. The shullet maintains the volume, texture, and fringe of a shag, but isn't afraid to go super short around the face and chop things up a bit.
What are the characteristics of a typical French bob? A French bob is a haircut shorter than chin-length with a lot of texture and a blunt cut. Bangs that reach a person's brow line typically pair well with this hairstyle.
“The mullet needs no specific gender, age, face shape or hair type to work; all it needs is the right attitude. Everyone and anyone can rock a mullet. They are a strong look, but as long as you've got the confidence, you can flaunt it,” Jarred continues.
Let's start with the most common, most well-known, and most quintessentially Australian slang term for girls: Sheila. While everywhere else in the English-speaking world, Sheila is a specific person's name, in Australia it can be used to refer to any woman or girl.
Pash (pash) / Kiss
An indelicate description of kissing passionately, hence the name. Pashing typically leads to two things: pash rash (red marks around the lips caused by excessive kissing), and/or rooting (the crass Australian term for the birds and the bees).
Cockroach – someone from New South Wales. Dead horse – rhyming slang for tomato sauce. Devo – short for devastated, used to show how upset someone is, as in 'I'm devo that I dropped my pie on the ground'.
Chewie: if someone asks you for some chewie, they're looking for a piece of chewing gum. Chuck a sickie: a worker who decides to take a sick day when they're actually in perfect health is chucking a sickie.
“Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral. In Australia, you'll also hear mate used in an ironic sense.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
It is similar to the American English "no problem". The phrase is widely used in Australian speech and represents a feeling of friendliness, good humour, optimism and "mateship" in Australian culture. The phrase has been referred to as the national motto of Australia.
G'day. One of the first things you'll hear when in Australia, is the classic “G'day, mate”, which is basically the same as saying, “good day”, or “hello”.