A patch of hair located under the bottom lip that, when in combination with A)shirt and tie, B) unkempt hair, C)tinted glasses, D)a turtleneck, is an indication that its wearer is A) a young graduate creative arts industry, who has gotten disillusioned with how institutionalised his profession has gotten, and wishes to one last stand against being assimilated as an office drone. But is oblivious to the fact that he actually appears to be. B) a sloppy shaver who uses phrases like 'carefully chosen image' and 'personal statement' as excuses to neglect his personal hygiene. But is oblivious to the fact that his efforts are in vain because he really looks gay. C) a man who is undergoing mid-life crises and is trying desperately to relive the days of his youth, in of that him feel young again. However, also oblivious to the fact that it really just makes him look gay. The obsolete for a man's patch or tuft of hair which grows directly under his bottom lip, and can be any length at all.

It has nothing to do with sexual orientation or any other model of social engineering. The modern updated term for Soul Patch is now Douche Tag or Dork Tuft. However, those born in early 60's argue that Flava Sava is the only term to use, for this misplaced The Man's Upper lip, Sideburns, and are to be shaven in order to really let the patch show and stand out. WARNING: this action can not be undone, but thankfully- hair grows!;).

What does the soul patch mean? It’s a question that’s long plagued philosophers of the world’s smallest beard. The soul patch appears almost at random, as if a Wooly Willy magnetic pen had dragged it underneath the lip. It’s the most ambitiously named facial hair, claiming to give access to soul itself (a goatee would never be so brash).

Tenda Model W268r Manual here. Goat patch Facial hair growing only from the chin directly beneath the mouth. This is meant to resemble the hair on the chin of a goat. Also called a 'chin puff' or 'chin strip.' Goatee A beard style incorporating hair on the chin but not the cheeks. Why is that little tuft of hair you grow beneath your lower lip referred to as a 'soul patch'?

But what does it mean? To understand the soul patch, we have to learn where it comes from. Defining the soul patch The true soul patch—the one that deserves the moniker—isn’t compromised by the presence of distracting sideburns, mustaches, or other facial hair. It’s a small, tidy nest of hair below the lower lip, and that’s it.

A mouche in combination with a goatee or long sideburn may be innovative, but for our purposes, it is not a soul patch.That rules out other contenders to claim the patch. For example, Frank Zappa had a significant soul patch, but it was coupled with a giant mustache. Similarly, the hair below the lip is called the mouche (French for fly), but the term mouche is usually used in combination with other facial hair. A mouche in combination with a goatee or long sideburn may be innovative, but for our purposes, it is not a soul patch. Our terms defined, it’s clear where the soul patch came from. The origin of the soul patch: the jazz dab. The soul patch has its roots in the beatnik fashion of the fifties, when hipsters and artists artfully cultivated hair under their lip.

The groups of hairs you see other than the cheek beards are above the upper lip (mystacial vibrissae) and below the lower lip (mandibular vibrissae). These two spots have more hair than any other place on the lower face, because they are the remnant of the vibrissae (whiskers) that are a stock feature of all mammals, inherited from the first one. Patch Drill Hole Concrete Wall here. Similarly, the hair below the lip is called the mouche (French for fly), but the term mouche is usually used in combination with other facial hair. A mouche in combination with a goatee or long sideburn may be innovative, but for our purposes, it is not a soul patch.

But they got it from jazz culture of the same era. The main popularizer?

Dizzy Gillespie, inventor of the jazz dab. John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born in 1917, which was perfect timing to popularize the jazz dab in the 40s and 50s. Though he occasionally wore his proto soul-patch with a mustache, when he wore it by itself, it became a distinctive trademark. Soon, it was known as a “Dizzy Gillespie beard” and was imitated by jazzmen and, eventually, beatniks. Though other artists doubtless wore the look, Dizzy made it famous. After the 50s, the soul patch began a long retreat, but the seeds of perceived authenticity had been sown. The facial hair was associated with the artistic intensity of the beatniks and jazz.