Jheri curl

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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