covid cut

English

Alternative forms

COVID cut, Covid cut

Noun

covid cut (plural covid cuts)

(informal) A self-administered haircut performed during a COVID-19 lockdown. [from 2020]
- 2020 May 28, Alex McClintock, quoting Matthew Casselman, “"I'm saving a bunch": How a bureaucrat making $75,000 changed his spending habits during the pandemic”, in Toronto Life‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-05-23:
  Haircut: $0. "I haven't attempted the infamous 'Covid cut.' If we get to September and I still look like a caveman, I'll shave my head."
- 2020 June 1, Jeff Zevely, “The News 8 team desperately needs a COVID haircut”, in CBS8‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-10-01:
  Chelsea Adair, the owner of Salon Adair, prides herself for mixing it up with a new look almost every month. She says your COVID cut doesn't have to take you back to the same old thing. So why not try something new?
- 2020 June 12, Nathan Blay, quotee, “COVID-19: London cuts loose as more restrictions eased”, in The London Free Press‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-01-22:
  It's crazy not having my hair cut, and I didn't want a Covid cut as in my wife cutting it. Our hair is always really short and it drives me bonkers when it isn't.
- 2021 April 3, Ian Smith, quoting Dawn Robinson, “The best and worst lockdown haircuts as competition fuels Amble barber's desire to get scissors back in hand”, in Northumberland Gazette‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-06-30:
  The worst covid cut went to Andrea Taylor for sending in her photo of her husband Gordon's attempt on his own hair.
- 2021 June 30, Cheyenne Bholla, Ben Cohen, Irelyne Lavery, quoting Peter Kalamaris, “'I feel normal': Step 2 reopening greeted with relief by Toronto salons, shaggy customers”, in Toronto Star‎^[5], archived from the original on 2021-06-30:
  "It's great to be back and cutting," Kalamaris said, adding clients seemed extremely happy to get rid of their "mops" and "butchered COVID cuts."