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==Description== Until the late 20th century, the term ''goatee'' was used to refer solely to a [[beard]] formed by a tuft of hair on the chinโas on the chin of a [[goat]], hence the term 'goatee'.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goatee | title = goatee | access-date = 2024-04-12 | publisher = Merriam-Webster Dictionary}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> By the 1990s, the word had become an [[umbrella term]] used to refer to any facial hair style incorporating hair on the chin but not the cheeks;<ref>{{cite news |title=Year of the Goat: Goatee is kicking again |last=Howard |first=Rebecca |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto |date=10 September 1992 }}</ref> there is debate over whether this style is correctly called a goatee or a [[Van Dyke beard|Van Dyke]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Goatees, the new hair apparent |last=Shrieves |first=Linda |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |date=12 November 1993}}</ref>
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