A ponytail that resembles a childhood watercolor art set paintbrush. This ponytail usually exceeds NO MORE than 2" in length and, it is uneven and quite stiff in nature due to the use and/or abuse of alkaline/lye/ammonium thioglycolate.....aka "PERM". Other chemicals that can contribute to this unpolished paintbrush look are the overuse of p-phenylenediamine, the main ingredient in most hair dye products, or hydrogen peroxide (aka "bleach"). The wearer of a paintbrush ponytail has usually spent most of her time trying her very best to catch every strand and fly-away in order to tame the ponytail into something presentable to the public, but to no avail. After years of stress on the hair, the outcome is never favorable: snatched edges, permanently damaged hair follicles, maximum breakage, loss of friends due to embarrassment.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods