quo vadis haircut

quo vadis haircut
 n.β€” Β«And for all of his 16 years giving Mr. Obama his β€œquo vadis” haircutβ€”black parlance from the 1960s for close-cut locksβ€”Zariff said he is not about to start ribbing Mr. Obama. β€œWe do not tease about the gray at all,” he said.Β» β€”β€œFor Young President, Flecks of Gray” by Helene Cooper New York Times Mar. 5, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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