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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ponytail</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="POM.html" title="POM"/><link rel="next" href="pop.html" title="pop"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ponytail</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="POM.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pop.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ponytail"/><dt xmlns="" id="ponytail"><b>ponytail</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A hairstyle in which long hair is held back so as to hang down
like a pony's tail. </p></dd><dd><p> 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. </p></dd><dd><p> 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. </p></dd><dd><p> 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
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