Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bed head n. Ms. Neighbor and Mr. Matz discovered Fishtown, a gentrifying blue-collar neighborhood adjacent to Northern Liberties, where, in the last five years, youthful faces with bed head have made their way among the traditionally Irish Catholic residents. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2005)

bed head n. Bed head n. A person who looks like he just woke up (Ann Marenick, Woodbridge). [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2005)

bed head n. Richler always looked to be afflicted with a terminal case of “bed head.”…His casual apparel and rock locks were sometimes an impediment for The Journal’s audience. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2005)

bedhead n. She looked remarkably corporate in her blue sleeveless dress, but she still had bedhead, her blonde hair going every which way. Mary thought it might be intentional, because nobody but her actually parted their hair anymore, especially everybody in whatever generation she was supposed to be in. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2005)

bedhead n. He tries very hard to capture that contradictory “I don’t care” bedhead look that is also perfectly groomed and precisely put together. This guy rarely tucks in a shirt. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2005)

bedhead n. Morning hair. Really bad bedhead. It’s my curse. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2005)

birth control glasses n.pl. He also wore thick-framed, Army-issue glasses, an object that earned an unofficial acronym, BCGs—“birth control glasses”—for being remarkably unattractive. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Military Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (Mar. 25, 2005)

blue jeans n. Todos eliminan los localismos. Hay palabras que ya no se escuchan. Los “blue jeans” han sido naturalmente sustituidos por vaquero en todos estos canales, y hoy en la calle, en muchos países de América Latina se denomina así a los pantalones. [English-derived Spanglish Spanish Mexico Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Jul. 27, 2004)

bong n. Speaking of Fiji, the political tension there seems odd. How can people be thinking military coup when they’re wearing the most relaxed and comfortable of executive uniforms—the business sarong. I like the business sarong (or bong, as it’s known among wearers). It seems perfect for our summers, and would leave the usually stitched-up blokes at the top end of town much more liberated at the bottom end of their wardrobe. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion] [full cite] (Nov. 8, 2006)

Botie n. Mothers lock their faces into mournful expressions and speculate whether Nancy has had cosmetic procedures since the funeral. “I think she got a little Botie between the eyes,” one whispers knowingly. [Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Health] [full cite] (Aug. 5, 2005)

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