Meanings
- informalpluralplural onlyA hairstyle consisting of twin buns worn on top of the head.
Her hair was done up in two space buns with a few loose strands of hair on each side.
2019, Isabel Scheck, Ellie Everlasting, page 152 more examples
Perhaps the farm boy clothing and the white dress and space buns hairstyle was a poor choice of attire for two people wanted by the Empire!
2018, Craig Stevens, The Star Wars Phenomenon in Britain, page 170[…] and enjoyed several rather 'highbrow' parties with her, making the acquaintance of the journalist and political broadcaster Andrew Neil, who nicknamed me Olga, because of my white-blond hair, which I wore in two 'space buns'.
2020, Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story
Origin
An allusion to the wearing of this hairstyle by Princess Leia in the space opera film Star Wars.
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