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.