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bad hair day

A day when several things seems to be unmanageable or go wrong.

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  • Said to have been coined by British trichologist Philip Kingsley.
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What's the matter with Fred, he's criticising? Oh, he's just having a bad hair day.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'bad hair day':

bad hair dayA day when one's hair seems unmanageable.
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