Common Lexeme

falko

Keywords: grooming, gender

Pronunciation (IPA): 'fal.go 
Part of Speech: term noun 
Class:  
Forms: falko, falkos 
Glosses: beard, mature (male), lower class (male), fortitude 

Description:

The term 'falko' refers to a human man's beard. In the disruptions of the last century, there have been frequent periods where good razors for shaving were few and far between, and it was common for most men to be beared. The wealthy could always afford to be clean shaven, so it also became a mark of social distinction.

A lot of sexists expressions in Common use the beard as their metaphor rather than the testicles. For example, it would be common to use 'falko' to mean strength and fortitude. It is also in its modifier form 'falkos' a word for mature, or a 'real man', or lack thereof, applied to a male, especially a young adult male.

In addition to the above mostly positive connotations of ruggedness, maturity and strength and ties to the sexist undercurrents that still run in New World Order society, it also has negative connotations around social class. To say that a man is 'falkos' in some contexts is to imply he is too poor or uncultured to have access to a razor.

In short, aside from referring to a literal male secondary sexual characteristic, there is a lot of gender and class power dynamics bound up in this word.

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