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bad hair day en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Said to have been coined by British trichologist Philip Kingsley (1930–2016).

Meanings

  1. (literally) A day when one's hair seems unmanageable.
    • Okay, girls, here's the plan. I'll call Jerry and tell him we need to get to Tahiti A.S.A.P. Clover, you free the Bees and restore their memories. Alex, you figure out how to put an end to this very, very, very bad hair day. 2002 March 23, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “The Black Widows”, in Totally Spies!, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.
    • What's the matter with Fred? Oh, he's just having a bad hair day.
    • Okay, girls, here’s the plan. I’ll call Jerry and tell him we need to get to Tahiti A.S.A.P. Clover, you free the Bees and restore their memories. Alex, you figure out how to end this very, very, very bad hair day. 2002 March 23, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “The Black Widows”, in Totally Spies!, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:

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Relateds

one of those days · uncombable hair syndrome

Synonyms

hairmageddon (bad hair)

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