Meaning of Jheri curl | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jheri curl.
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2. A hairstyle popular with the African-American community in the 1980s, giving a glossy, loosely curled look.

Examples

“Today's temperature's gonna rise up over 100 degrees, so there's a Jheri curl alert! That's right, Jheri curl alert. If you have a Jheri curl, stay in the house or you'll end up with a permanent black helmet on your head fuh-eva!”

“Eye shadow but no lipstick, Jheri curl drying out.”

“His little Jheri curl shined under the car's light. He looked hood.”

“We improved the process and enabled salon owners to do more than one jheri curl a day.”

“In the South jheri curls were just appearing on the hair horizon. One Friday when I jumped into my barber’s chair to get a trim, she suggested I try a jheri curl. I was game, despite the fact that most of the women I knew hated jheri curls on men and called men who wore them “bamas,” a term short for Alabamas, which meant real country.”

“Richard’s jheri curls were a black corona around his face.”

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