peroxide blond
Definition
Noun: A person, typically a woman, whose naturally non-blond hair has been artificially lightened to a blond shade using hydrogen peroxide or a similar bleaching agent. The term often specifically describes the resulting hair color, which can have a characteristic pale, sometimes brassy or artificial, yellow tone.
Usage
The term is used to describe both the person with this hair color and the color itself. It often carries connotations of an artificial, strikingly bright, or even harsh blond shade, as opposed to natural blond hair.
Examples
As a descriptor for a person:
- She went from a brunette to a peroxide blond over the weekend.
- The actress was famously a peroxide blond for that iconic role.
As a descriptor for the hair color:
- He disliked the brassy tone of her peroxide blond.
- The look was completed with a shade of peroxide blond.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metaphorically or pejoratively to suggest something is artificial, overly dramatic, or trying too hard to be noticeable.
- The politician's promises had a kind of peroxide blond quality—flashy but ultimately artificial.
Variants and Related Words
- Peroxide blonde: An alternative spelling, equally common.
- Bleach-blond(e): A very close synonym, emphasizing the bleaching process.
- Bottle blond(e): A colloquial synonym implying the hair color comes from a bottle (of dye), not from nature.
- Platinum blond(e): Describes a very pale, silvery-blond shade, which is often but not always achieved with peroxide.
Synonyms
- Bleach-blond(e)
- Bottle blond(e)
- Dyed blond(e)
Antonyms / Contrasting Terms
- Natural blond(e)
- Towhead (a person with naturally very pale blond hair)
- Strawberry blond(e) (a natural reddish-blond shade)
Idioms and Fixed Phrases
- While not a standalone idiom, the term is frequently used in the fixed phrase "peroxide blond bombshell" to describe a stereotypically glamorous, sexually attractive woman with strikingly bleached blond hair, often used in media or historical contexts.
- She was the archetypal peroxide blond bombshell of the 1950s cinema.
Noun
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a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide
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