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hairdon't en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of hairdo + don't, a play on hairdo.

Meanings

1. (informal) A bad hairdo.
   • “That hairdo is a hairdon't,” Luke said, loud enough for all the boys gathered around him to hear. 2016, R.L. Stine, Monsterville 1: Cabinet of Souls, Scholastic UK, →ISBN:
   • I'd sported a few awkward hairstyles before I left the WWE in 2005 (Why didn't anybody tell me the “too long to be short, too short to be long” hairdo was a hairdon't?), but my weeds were still at least longish back then. 2014, Chris Jericho, The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea, Penguin, →ISBN:
   • She has a hairdo that should have been a hairdon't. 2014, Brad Ashton, Stand Up and Be Laughed At, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
   • He had a funny moustache and an entertaining combover ('Less a hairdo and more a hairdon't,' according to Dad, who should know) and many soldiers imitated his hilarious walk. 2013, Sarah Burton, The Complete and Utter History of the World According to Samuel Stewart Aged 9, Short Books, →ISBN:
   • “Looks really sketchy,” Claire Olivia said, looking in the rearview mirror to fix her beehive hairdo. Or hairdon't, depending on how you looked at it. 2013, Bill Konigsberg, Openly Straight, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
   • "Maybe that's a new hairdo," he gibed, "but I think it's a hairdon't - your hair don't look good." 1990, Julius Nicholas Hook, The Appropriate Word: Finding the Best Way to Say what You Mean, Addison-Wesley:
   • "You're gonna mess up my hairdo." "That's a hairdo? Looks more like a hairdon't to me." "Yeah? And what do you think yours looks like?" "Great, as always." 1984, Charlotte White, A Hard Act to Follow, Ace Books, →ISBN:

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