space buns

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English[edit]

Princess Leia cosplay with space buns

Etymology[edit]

An allusion to the wearing of this hairstyle by Princess Leia in the space opera film Star Wars.

Noun[edit]

space buns pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) A hairstyle consisting of twin buns worn on top of the head.
    • 2018, Craig Stevens, The Star Wars Phenomenon in Britain, page 170:
      Perhaps the farm boy clothing and the white dress and space buns hairstyle was a poor choice of attire for two people wanted by the Empire!
    • 2019, Isabel Scheck, Ellie Everlasting, page 15:
      Her hair was done up in two space buns with a few loose strands of hair on each side.
    • 2020, Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story:
      […] and enjoyed several rather 'highbrow' parties with her, making the acquaintance of the journalist and political broadcaster Andrew Neil, who nicknamed me Olga, because of my white-blond hair, which I wore in two 'space buns'.
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