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Jarhead vs. Skinhead — What's the Difference?

Jarhead vs. Skinhead — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Jarhead and Skinhead

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Jarhead

A US Marine.

Skinhead

A skinhead is a member of a subculture which originated among working class youths in London, England, in the 1960s and soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working class skinhead movement emerging worldwide in the late 1970s. Motivated by social alienation and working class solidarity, skinheads (often shortened to "skins" in the UK) are defined by their close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing such as Dr.

Jarhead

(slang) A US marine.

Skinhead

A person with a shaven head or very close cropped hair, especially one who associates with a group of similar people.

Skinhead

Such a person who associates with a group that commits hooliganism or street violence or that holds white supremacist or anti-immigrant views.
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Skinhead

Someone with a shaved head.

Skinhead

A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often incorrectly associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.
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Skinhead

A young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations

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