The Mullet: Twelve years young???

The Strap-On Straggly Mullet®
Originally uploaded by Blank Stares JT.

I know the mullet has existed for time immemorial, unfortunately, but apparently, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. the first known record of it being used is a Beastie Boys lyric from '94.

So the O.E.D. is looking for evidence predating 1994 to place the origins of the word mullet as part of their Wordhunt.

I immediately thought of the Pansy Division track "Hockey Hair" hoping that it would have a reference but it didn't (and it four years later anyway). It is still kinda funny though:

It's such a problem
It's got me in despair
He's such a sweetheart
But he's got hockey hair

Cut short on top
Long in back, he lets it fall
A neck-warmer haircut
You can get at any mall

People giggle and stop and stare
And it's not like he's unaware
But he plays hockey so he don't care
Now I'm stuck with a boy with hockey hair

Surely there must be someone out there that can prove the true origins of this enigmatic conundrum. Someone at St. Kilda F.C. must know.

I implore the peoples of Bendigo, Bindoon and Whyalla to unite and reclaim this term for our wide brown land. Besides, here is scientific evidence that the mullet is most commonly found in Australia.

Tags: linguistics, dictionary, mullet