Mullets around the world:
The Argentinian term is Cubano, in reference to the alleged popularity of the haircut among Cubans.
The Brazilian term is Chitãozinho e Xororó, in reference to the singers who started using this haircut in Brazil.
The English Canadian term is 'hockey-hair' in reference to the haircut's popularity among ice hockey players.
The French Québécois Montréal term is 'coupe Longueuil' (Longueuil haircut) in reference to the Montréal suburb of Longueuil.
The French Québécois Québec City term is 'coupe Vanier' (Vanier haircut) in reference to the Québec City suburb of Vanier.
The English Québécois term is 'pad' because the hair falling flat on the back looks like a pad.
One Australian nickname for a mulleteur is 'Freddie Firedrill', supposedly because the subject's haircut was interrupted by a fire-alarm sounding after the barber had finished shaving the front, but before s/he had started on the back, of the head. .
The Chilean term is chocopanda in reference to the ubiquitous public transportation Chocolito Panda ice-cream sellers wearing such haircut. It is also called a 'Zamorano', after Iván Zamorano.
The Colombian term is greña paisa in reference to the popularity of this haircut among most of the people from the Antioquia region (paisas). It's also called Siete (seven) because the hair on top and back form the image of a number seven.
The Croatian term is fudbalerka, literally 'footballer (hair)', a reference to its popularity among soccer players in the 1980s.
The Danish term is Bundesliga-hår, which refers to its alleged popularity among Bundesliga soccer players, or alternativly, svenskerhår (Swede-hair), referring to its former popularity in Sweden.
The Dutch term is matje, which means 'little carpet/mat'.
The Finnish term is takatukka, which means 'rear hair'. Sometimes lätkätukka or tsekkitukka is also used, which means 'ice hockey haircut' in reference to the Swedish term. Tsekkitukka means 'Czech hair', based on Czech hockey players' hairstyle (especially Jaromir Jagr). Mullets are a well known and still popular 'hockeyhair' in Czech Republic.
The French term is 'Coupe à la Waddle', referring to Chris Waddle, the English football player who adopted this haircut in the 1980s while he played for Olympique Marseille.
The German term is 'Vokuhila', meaning 'vorne kurz, hinten lang' (short in the front, long in the back). The opposite to this is 'Volahiku'. It is topped by 'Vokuhilaoliba', meaning 'vorne kurz, hinten lang, Oberlippenbart' (short in the fron, long in the back, mustache).
The Greek term is '?a?t?' (Hety) or '?asp?t??a?' (Laspotiras) which means 'Mudflap'.
The Hebrew term is vilon, which means 'curtain'. Another common term is 'Eli Ohana' haircut, named after a famous football player who wore this haircut.
The Hungarian term is also Bundesliga or just simply footballist (soccer player) hair.
The Icelandic term is Hebbi, referring to a nickname of an Icelandic singer called Herbert Guðmundsson sporting the hairstyle.
The Italian term is 'capelli alla tedesca' (hair at German style) or 'taglio alla tedesca' (haircut at German style) referring to its former popularity in Germany, above all among Bundesliga soccer players. It is also known as 'alla McGyver' (at McGyver style) as the main character of this the popular American TV series appears with mullet in some episodes, or as 'sette' (seven) because the hair on top and back form the image of a number seven. (HAHA)
The Japanese term is urufu hea which is the Japanese way of saying 'wolf hair.' It's actually a quite popular look among young men, though the hair in the front is generally longer than a typical mullet's.
The Norwegian term is 'hockeysveis', meaning 'hockey hairstyle', referring to the hairstyle's popularity among ice hockey players.
The Portuguese terms are: XF which comes from a motorcicle model from Zundapp, or Deixe Ficar wich is short for deixe ficar atrás. That's what you say to your hairdresser when you want him not to cut the hair on the back of your head.
The Polish term is 'Czeski pilkarz' - meaning 'Czech football player' as in the 1970s the haircut was greatly popular among Czech footballers.
The Romanian term is chica, which means 'long hair at the neck'. This haircut is associated with redneck-like people and is socially associated with the lack of sophistication or culture.
The Serbian term is 'Tarzanka', referring to Tarzan the Ape Man.
The Swedish term is hockeyfrilla, which means 'ice hockey haircut' in reference to its popularity among some hockey players.
The Turkish term is aslan yelesi or Fikirtepe modeli, which means 'lion's mane' and 'Fikirtepe' (a suburb of Istanbul where this style was popular among shuttle drivers) style', respectively.
The sikha that a Vaishnava devotee wears can typically be mistaken for a mullet if long and bushy enough. Western devotees sometimes pass off their sikhas as mullets when inquired by outsiders.
All so amusing - Freddie Firedrill and McGyver are the best!