pageant hair
n.— «Biotech #1: He hired this blonde girl from Chicago… with pageant hair! Biotech #2: Ew. Pageant hair? Hello, this is New York City. We aren’t blonde, and we aren’t perky!» —“ Although We All Start Out That Way” Overheard in New York Mar. 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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