Five o'clock shadow

A five o'clock shadow is beard growth visible late in the day on a man whose face was clean-shaven in the morning. The term comes from the traditional 9 to 5 workday hours.

Richard Nixon is said to have lost the 1960 presidential election in part due to his five o'clock shadow during the televised United States presidential election debates with John F. Kennedy. During the 1980s, inspired largely by the television series Miami Vice and its unshaven lead character, James "Sonny" Crockett (Don Johnson), two-day stubble became trendy. This is also known as designer stubble, particularly if it is groomed, shaped, and maintained as a regular beard would be. Another famous media figure with this facial look is Homer Simpson from the cartoon series The Simpsons, although in his case it grows immediately after shaving in the morning.