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I can see why two ponytails might be called pigtails if they corkscrew. My daughter's hair doesn't do that, although mine does. I wear my hair in a single ponytail most days and if I put it back while still at all wet, it forms a single giant corkscrew.

There are a large portion of us who don't think they need to corkscrew (or have any special shape) for two ponytails to be called pigtails. seems like in the UK people would never call 2 pony tails pigtails, but the US seems much more split on this.

If we want another debate, what is the piece of elastic that you use to bind the ponytail together called?

Hairband or ponytail holder.

Hair tie! But I call DD’s rubber bands, probably because they are those tiny plastic ones that are actually rubber bands.

NP.

When I was a kid in the 90s it was ponytail holder or just ponytail. Now I only hear hair tie.

And pigtails can be two symmetrical ponytails or two braids, but I’d usually specify braided pigtails for braids. Quintessential pigtails to me are short and unbraided, like Boo from Monster’s Inc or little Cindy Brady (who later had braided pigtails).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I can see why two ponytails might be called pigtails if they corkscrew. My daughter's hair doesn't do that, although mine does. I wear my hair in a single ponytail most days and if I put it back while still at all wet, it forms a single giant corkscrew.

There are a large portion of us who don't think they need to corkscrew (or have any special shape) for two ponytails to be called pigtails. seems like in the UK people would never call 2 pony tails pigtails, but the US seems much more split on this.

If we want another debate, what is the piece of elastic that you use to bind the ponytail together called?

Hairband or ponytail holder.

Hair tie! But I call DD’s rubber bands, probably because they are those tiny plastic ones that are actually rubber bands.

Hmmm, staying out of this "what to call this" debate.

But yes, I do pigtails on my 3 yr old all the time and have since her hair was long enough to pull back. Her hair is very fine and wispy and pigtails have always been the most practical way to deal with it because it will fall out of a single pony, bun or braid to easily (even a French braid -- it's just to fine to hold it).

She's also gotten used to it and now prefers two braids behind her ears to any other hairstyle. She dislikes having the bump of a ponytail or braid in the middle of the back of her head when she leans back in a stroller or car seat. If I do a single, usually I do it to one side behind her ear to avoid this.

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Anonymous wrote:
I can see why two ponytails might be called pigtails if they corkscrew. My daughter's hair doesn't do that, although mine does. I wear my hair in a single ponytail most days and if I put it back while still at all wet, it forms a single giant corkscrew.

There are a large portion of us who don't think they need to corkscrew (or have any special shape) for two ponytails to be called pigtails. seems like in the UK people would never call 2 pony tails pigtails, but the US seems much more split on this.

If we want another debate, what is the piece of elastic that you use to bind the ponytail together called?

Hairband or ponytail holder.