# Mustaches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519 "2018-09-18T06:10:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![alinisrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@alinisrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alinisrael)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519/1 "2018-09-18T06:10:54Z")

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I haven’t shaved my upper lip for 50 years, so for the past 45 or so years I’ve sported a handlebar mustache. What were they called before bicycles were invented?

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519/2 "2018-09-18T07:26:30Z")

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[Variously](https://bespokeunit.com/grooming/moustaches/handlebar/): Italian/spaghetti, Hungarian/Magyar, Imperial, English or, most likely, just “a moustache”

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519/3 "2018-09-18T09:42:31Z")

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The one called Chevron in that page is known in Spain by several names including _bigotes de sargento_ - a sergeant’s moustache. Coincidence I’m sure, as the two names appear to have different origins, but it seems fitting 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519/4 "2018-09-18T14:13:38Z")

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I just spent entirely too much time on that website…

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustaches/821519/5 "2018-09-18T14:41:42Z")

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I should add, I got the “spaghetti” from Wiki, not BU