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Bad Hair Day
Bad Hair Day
Bad Hair Day : Phrases
Meaning:
A day on which one's hair seems unmanagable. Also extended to mean a day when everything seems to go wrong.
Origin:
This first came into prominence in the language following its use in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy (Kristy Swanson) to the one-armed vampire Amilyn (Paul Reubens):
"I'm fine but you're obviously having a bad hair day.".
The phrase was already known by that date but not very widely used. In July 1988 the Press Democrat, a Santa Rosa, California newspaper printed:
"Even those who emerge from the sea to casually braid their shiny wet vines into a thick coil with a hibiscus on the end also have bad-hair days.".
Whether that's where the term was coined isn't certain, although it is a strong contender. There are many hearsay reports that it is much earlier, but no hard evidence has emerged to support them.