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A Random Word From the ArchivesWant another word? Refresh this pagePermanent link for this word: bad hair day A.Word.A.Day--bad hair dayPronunciation: WAV or RealAudiobad hair day (bad hair day) noun A day when everything seems to go wrong. [Extension of the literal meaning of the term bad hair day, a day when one's hair is, well, hairy.] "Having survived the first ugly rumours of Friday, September 11 - which really was a bad hair day for Dickie - he must have thought that the worst was over. Unfortunately, he was dead wrong as the share price continued to crumble." Ian Kerr, A Week in the Markets, Euroweek (London), Oct 9, 1998. This week's theme: new words in the OED.
X-BonusKings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings. -Saadi, poet (1213-1291) [Gulistan] |
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