Meaning of "points of hair"

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi

I would like to know if the directly opposite part of the root of my hair ( of head) could be called points of hair. Many of the women only get the points of their hair cut.

Tom

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:lol:

“Points of hair” reminds me of one of the hairdo pictures that Jamie posted… :lol:

No, Tom, saying “points of hair” only sounds humorous to me. Did you happen to try googling that phrase? I did. And I only got 2 results in Google images. Here’s one of them:


:wink:

The word you need is ends.
Some women get their hair “trimmed” (cut) in order to eliminate the “split ends”.

Amy

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Yes, Amy, that’s exactly the word I needed.
Many thanks! :lol:

So, do we have our ends [color=red]trimmed or [color=red]cut?

Tom

PS: Is ends OK or I should say ends of hair?

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Tom, if you’re at the hairdresser and you say “Just cut (trim) a little off the ends.”, don’t you think “hair” would be clearly understood in that context? 8)