A U.S. Marine sporting a high and tight, crew cut hairstyle

A crew cut is a type of haircut in which the hair is cut fairly short. The term was most likely coined to describe the haircut worn by members of the Yale rowing crew. (An extremely short haircut is known as a butch.) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (963x1496, 423 KB) Summary Marine running in water. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (963x1496, 423 KB) Summary Marine running in water. ... Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... A strand of human hair under magnification Hair is also the name of a musical, see respective articles for the stage production and the movie. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... Butch is a common nickname, particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries for boys. ...

The crew cut was adopted by the United States armed forces during World War II, and became a civilian fashion for men throughout the 1950s. The cut was felt to be "clean-cut, athletic, and patriotic." [1] The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

By the mid-1960s, the crew cut was generally seen as a mark of conservative political opinions, as opposed to the longer hair styles favored by those of more liberal views. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...

A similar style, under the name buzz cut, returned to fashion in the late 1990s. A male buzz cut A buzz cut (sometimes known as a wiffle or crew cut) is the American name for a type of haircut named after the sound of the electric razor, which is used to shear the hair very closely to the scalp. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Short-haired musicians

The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal group of the 1950s, most famous for their cover of "Sh-Boom". They were the first to identify a hairstyle with a style of popular music. The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States of America. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... 10:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)87. ...

External link

• A brief description of the term's history in the Yale Alumni Magazine