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blonde

A word that the English language borrowed from French to describe a hair color that is traditionally described as "fair" or "flaxen" in English.

Blonde is a light hair color, ranging from light brown/dark blond to the tow headed platinum blonde.

"Blond" is used in French to refer to a fair-haired man and "blonde" is used for a fair-haired woman.

Blondes are stereotyped (often unfairly) as being sexually promiscuous and/or unintelligent. Since fair hair first appeared, many darker-haired peoples have imitated it... thus leading to fair and red hair being associated with prostitutes in some cases. The origins of the "dumb blonde" stereotype are not very clear, but it could be that the hair of many blondes turns darker as they grow and mature, and thus fair hair is associated with youth and childhood, and thus with innocence and naïveté.
Contrary to the stereotype, only a small minority of the blonde community is dumb. Marilyn Monroe, Judy Holliday, and Betty Hutton (contrary to their ditzy images) were quite intelligent women who wanted to be taken seriously.

The only dumb blondes that I know of are Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and Ann Coulter.

Lindsay Lohan (foolishly) dyed blonde her beautiful scarlet tresses.

If blondes are so dumb, explain the intellect of Golden Retrievers and the alleged stupidity of the red-haired Irish Setter. For once, a someone with a darker hair color is the "dumb" one.
by Lorelili April 1, 2006
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blond

Referring to anyone with pale yellow to light-brown hair, lighter eyes, and usually lighter skin complexion. Feminine is "Blonde".
Jesse is very fair complected, he is a blond.
by JMC3 May 22, 2006
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blondies

A dessert that is similar in appearance, texture, and recipe to brownies, but the chocolate is left out in favor of a variety of fruits.
Eve brought some home-made brownies and blondies to Mike's party.
by InspectorJavert February 26, 2005
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blonde bombshell

A female that is blonde, hot, and just plain sexy. She has the body, the breasts, and she will probably max out all of your credit cards.
That blonde bombshell Kendra Wilkinson is the hottest girl next door. When Hef dies, she's gonna want some fresh young meat like mine.
by Pornstar6993 February 3, 2008
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suicide blonde

noun.
a bottle blonde who has bleach-fried his or her hair to a very light shade with peroxide because he or she is naturally dark-haired.
by foreverenemy October 25, 2004
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Blondearexia

A person who is addicted to dying their hair lighter and lighter while complaining constantly to anyone who will listen that it isn't blonde enough.
I suffered from blondearexia for years. Now my hairdresser refuses my requests to "go blonder."
by Nessy Opal August 4, 2010
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aircraft blonde

Most commercial aircraft have a "black box" flight recorder. An aircraft blonde therefore refers to any blonde woman who has a black box - ie dark pubic hair.
Apparently Niki's new bird is an aircraft blonde...
by Matt Darwin October 8, 2007
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