big hair
noun
: hair that is styled and teased to occupy an unusually large amount of space above and around the head
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For the uninitiated, that might seem like a paradox: big hair requiring short hair.
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Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Not in the neon and big hair way—in the power dressing way.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
This was a good woman with a great Christian heart who was not just about mascara, big hair and everything like that.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Formed in 1984 in Kingston, the members were a rag-tag bunch of rock and blues freaks coming up in an era where their contemporaries consisted of big hair, bigger egos, and polished rock radio songs.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Not in the neon and big hair way—in the power dressing way.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
This was a good woman with a great Christian heart who was not just about mascara, big hair and everything like that.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Formed in 1984 in Kingston, the members were a rag-tag bunch of rock and blues freaks coming up in an era where their contemporaries consisted of big hair, bigger egos, and polished rock radio songs.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Big hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20hair. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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