a male hairstyle, popular among computer programmers and fantasy
role-playing game enthusiasts, in which hair on the back of the head is held together by
a hair tie, forming a small and pathetic pseudo-ponytail
Though head
developer Jeff, who referred to himself as Zorgoth, wore his hair in a greasy little phonytail, he imagined it to be a glorious
lion's mane that required
taming in the workplace.