Why is it called getting a haircut when you cutting a lot of hairs?

Answer 1

A complete makeover?

Answer 2

Because "hair" is used to indicate both the singular and possessive forms of the noun.

By the way, your sentence is lacking the verb "are", and hence is not a sentence at all, but a fragment.

Secondly, YOU are not GETTING a haircut if YOU are the one "cutting a lot of hairs".

Answer 3

Haircut is fine. Some people cut their hair when its still short.

Answer 4

It's called HAIRcut because the word hair can mean a single strand but the same word can also be used to mean in a group of strands collectively.

Answer 5

I used to have a teacher who isisted on saying he got his "hairs cut." He sounded insane. And that is why I say HAIRcut.

Answer 6

When referring to a persons entire head it is singular hair as in "what color is your hair" or I'm getting a haircut" or a "head of hair". When the hair is countable it is plural hairs: Two hairs, three hairs.

Just one of those things with the english language.

Answer 7

you cut hairs still so it dosen't matter if you call it a haircut, also, haircuts would be having more than 1 haircut

Answer 8

Whenever I said I was going to get a haircut. My best friend would ask "Which one?"

Answer 9

Because "hair" -- like "sheep" or "fish" -- can be singular or plural. And hair goes the others one better because you can add an "s", like, "I'm taking the 10 gazillion hairs on my head to the salon for a trim".

Answer 10

good may be we can change the term or the whole process ie get a single hair cut at a time

Answer 11

a Haircut?