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bad 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. ............................................................................ Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings. -Saadi, poet (1184-1291) [Gulistan] Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." Invite your friends and family to join in the quest by sending a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. It is free! http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/bad_hair_day.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/bad_hair_day.ram
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