loc'd en · ADJ
Etymology
From loc (“dreadlock”) + -ed.
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.
Back then, I was left with a 'loc-ed bob. This time, it looked like Victor Frankenstein had time-traveled to the 21st century and decided to do hair. […] I wanted to be "'loc'ed for life," as a friend of mine put it. Now, my hair could grow back thicker than 1970s shag carpet and I'll still opt for close-cropped, easy-to-maintain hair.
2020 May 17, Helaine R. Williams, “LET'S TALK: Cutting 'locs good lesson in fulfillment”, in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:Locs are a low-maintenance protective style. […] This style is also popular for men, and celebrities such as Lenny Kravitz, Lil Wayne, Chris Bosh, J. Cole, and Stevie Wonder have loc'd hair.
2021, Nadia E. Brown, Danielle Casarez Lemi, Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25:The common misconception is that women who wear their hair natural or loc’d can just get up, shake it and go. […] One of my personal favorite videos belong to Chescalocs. […] Although her hair is loc’d as well, she offers up fantabulous ideas for naturalitas.
2012 October 2, Leilah Reese, “Maintaining your hair — permed, natural or loc’d — and your health: 32 before 32”, in The Washington Post:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| loc-ed | alternative | lexicographic | |
| loc'ed | alternative | lexicographic |