MO
STYLES
| Dalí | narrow, long points bent or curved steeply upward; areas past the corner of the mouth must be shaved. Artificial styling aids needed. Named after Salvador Dalí who was known to sport such a style later in his life. |
| English | narrow, beginning at the middle of the upper lip the whiskers are very long and pulled to the side, slightly curled; the ends are pointed slightly upward; areas past the corner of the mouth usually shaved. Artificial styling may be needed. |
| Fu Manchu | A Fu Manchu moustache takes its name from the fictional character of Fu Manchu, who was often depicted with such a style of moustache on film. A fu manchu extends downward past the mouth and on either side of the chin. Oftentimes the ends of the moustache would hang past the jaw line with pointed tips. |
| 'Pancho Villa' moustache | similar to the Fu Manchu but thicker; also known as a "droopy moustache", generally much more so than that normally worn that the historical Pancho Villa. |
| Handlebar | bushy, with small upward pointing ends. See baseball pitcher Rollie Fingers. Also known as a "spaghetti moustache", due to it being stereotypically associated with Italian men. |
| Imperial | whiskers growing from both the upper lip and cheeks, curled upward (distinct from the royale, or impériale) |
| Moustachio or mustachio | large luxuriant moustache, with hair sometimes growing down the sides of the mouth. Also known as a Nosebeard. |
| Pencil moustache | narrow, thin, closely clipped, outlining the upper lip, with a wide shaven gap between the nose and moustache. Also known as a Mouthbrow. See John Waters. |
| Toothbrush | A toothbrush moustache, also known as a Hitler moustache or a Chaplin, is a bushy moustache shaved except for three to five centimetres in the centre of the lip. The sides of the moustache are vertical rather than tapered. |
| Walrus | bushy, hanging down over the lips, often entirely covering the mouth. |
| Some common vernacular terms for the moustache are stache, tache, tash, pushbroom and mo. There are numerous others mostly reflecting the moustache's resemblence to a variety of animals, its tendency to retain food and drink, or its supposed aid in sexual activity. |
| Some slang terms consist of: Slug, Catterpilla, Broom, The Bat, Porno Mo, . |