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hairmageddon

noun

Etymology

Blend of hair + Armageddon.

  1. derived from Ἁρμαγεδών
  2. derived from Harmagedōn
  3. inherited from Ermagedon
  4. inherited from Hermagedon
  5. compounded as hairmageddon — “hair + Armageddon”

Definitions

  1. An instance in which one's hair is unsightly or out of control.

    • Sassy tugged on a curl. It straightened and bounced back to its former loopy state. “This is a disaster. This is worse than a disaster. This is hairmageddon.”
    • This is hairmageddon — I look like the love child of an 18th-century duchess and a drag queen circa 1988.
    • Even though we mostly now see people onscreen, by June we may hit an unseemly Hairmageddon. As for the DIY coiffure, Google “lockdown haircuts” to see how they’re going.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA