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A term popular in the African-American community; the typical hair of those of African decent. It is extremely curly/wavy and described as "nappy" and "kinky." It is unmanagable, and is the opposite of good hair. Someone has "bad" hair if it forms tight "beads" in the back of the head. Those with this type of hair typically dye and fry it with chemicals to get it to look like a white woman's hair.

Note: Most people who use this term would never admit the inferiority complex from which it came.
Little Tymunesha On Playground: "Eww! Look at Porche! She got dat ugly bad hair!!! An' her momma dun gave her a name of a car she can't affor'!"
bad hair by Little Lauren May 19, 2005
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump has bad hair, looks like cum dried out in the sun, then ironed, then used as toilet paper
bad hair by Romeo 69 August 6, 2016
see Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton Has Bad Hair
bad hair by Jar Jar Stinks May 27, 2006
an African American or white term used to describe white persons with afrocentric hair,
The white guy with the bad hair, was doing circles around the black girl with the good hair
Bad hair by artifiial nigga February 4, 2018

bad hair life 

I keep hearing people talking about having a bad hair day. Well, I have a bad hair life
bad hair life by Una Malachica March 23, 2008

bad hair gay

The not very talented male, possibly homosexual, employee at the barber shop.
A: Do you see the barber in the corner? He cut my hair yesterday.
B: Well, I guess he's really a bad hair gay.
bad hair gay by cumulonimbus April 22, 2010

bad hair day 

A bad hair day is also a day when everything is going bad. It has nothing to do with how one's hair really is, it's just that everything is going wrong. The term "bad hair day" derives from how psycho one feels because everything is going all wrong on a particular day!!
Grabs handsful of hair and tugs in indesperation, "Arrrrrgh!! I'm having such a bad hair day!!"
bad hair day by Joy January 25, 2005
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That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
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