Jheri Curl

A popular hairstyle in the African-American community especially in the 1980's. This haircut was, as the previous entry says, a perm that loosens up the naturally tightened curls and makes the hair nice and bouncy as a result. The major downside to this hairdo was the extreme amount of maintenance it required to keep it looking pretty. Tons of hair care products made for a lot of greasy situations (no pun intended). Many jokes were actually aimed at this downside, see Coming To America (1988 film starring Eddie Murphy).

When Ricky got up off the leather sofa, his Jheri Curl left a greasy, oily stain where his head used to be. Guess how long that mess took to clean up.

Jheri Curl by TheSpectacularOne April 10, 2009

Jheri curl

Named after hair products of Jheri Redding. A perm that loosens the curls of a black person's hair. Typically seen in Michael Jackson impersonators and pimp stereotypes.

I touched his Jheri curl and couldn't get my hand clean for a week.

Jheri curl by fink September 22, 2003

Jheri Curl

A hairstyle fad popular in the 1980's.

Curly black hair is worn long and wavy.

Commonly misspelled as "Jerry" or "Jerri" curl.

Even though the Jheri Curl was popular among African Americans, one would not disagree that one of the best was worn by none other than Pedro Martinez.

Jheri Curl by Baby Brown June 22, 2009

Jheri curl-mandering 

A redistricting strategy made famous during the period in the late 1980's, when the Democratic Party moved geographic boundaries of an electoral district in California to include predominantly black-populated areas(South Central Los Angeles, Inglewood, Compton) in an effort to concentrate African American voters sporting the popular greasy hairstyle of the day, thus using 'packing' tactics to insure a constituency that would elect congressional representatives who also sported the couch-ruining do. The term for this strategy remained unnamed for nearly 30 years until comedian Adam Carolla coined it on his podcast, “The Adam Carolla Show”(Episode aired November 3, 2015.).

Congresswoman Maxine Waters may believe the science is still out on the morning after pill but she's definitely a student of the science of Jheri curl-mandering. Tracking sales of Soul Glo in order to target the perfect constituency was a flash of genius on the Democratic Party's part.

Jheri curl-mandering by griffin_t_a October 19, 2016

Jeri curl 

not cornrow style hair. It was used by african americans, such as michael jackson, in the 80's and looked like small curls that were completely doused in hair gel

Jeri curl by Yalahdesh August 19, 2003

Jhewi Curl 

The naturally curly hair often seen on people of Jewish ancestry.

A bastardization of "Jheri Curl" which was a ubiquitous African-American hairstyle several years ago.

Did you see Ezra Goldstein's yearbook pic? Looks like he just rolled out of bed with that Jhewi Curl.

Jhewi Curl by Larry Schwartz June 8, 2011

jeri-curl

When a black girl is flirting with a white guy.

Did you see how she was acting? She was all jeri-curl on you!

jeri-curl by bezel333 December 31, 2005