bad hair day

bad hair day
Meaning
A day when everything seems to go wrong.
Origin
This first came into 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.". It isn't clear whether this was coined by the scriptwriter, Joss Whedon, or whether the phrase was in use before the script was written.

Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.

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  • bad hair day — bad hair days N COUNT: usu sing People sometimes say they are having a bad hair day when they do not feel very happy or relaxed, especially because their hair does not look good. [INFORMAL] All this fuss is because Carol is having a bad hair day …   English dictionary

  • Bad hair day — day in which one cannot get one s hair to look good; day in which one is in a bad mood and nothing goes right: Having a bad hair day, are we? …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • bad hair day — If you re having a bad hair day, things are not going the way you would like or had planned …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • bad hair day — bad hair ,day noun count usually singular INFORMAL 1. ) a day when your hair looks messy and you do not feel attractive 2. ) a difficult day when nothing seems to go well for you …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bad hair day — n informal a day when you are unhappy and easily upset, especially because your hair does not look the way you want it to look …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bad hair day — bad′ hair′ day n. inf a disagreeable or unpleasant day, esp. when one feels unattractive • Etymology: 1990–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • Bad Hair Day — Infobox Album | Name = Bad Hair Day Type = Album Artist = Weird Al Yankovic Background = orange Released = March 12, 1996 Recorded = Nov Dec 1994, Nov 1995, Jan 1996. Genre = Comedy Length = 38:14 Label = Scotti Brothers Producer = Weird Al… …   Wikipedia

  • bad hair day — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms bad hair day : singular bad hair day plural bad hair days informal 1) a day when your hair looks untidy and you do not feel attractive 2) a difficult day when nothing seems to go well for you …   English dictionary

  • bad hair day — n. a bad day in general. (Also used literally when one’s inability to do anything with one’s hair seems to color the events of the day.) □ I’m sorry I am so glum. This has been a real bad hair day. □ It’s just one bad hair day after another …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • bad hair day — a disagreeable or unpleasant day, esp. one during which one feels unattractive. [1990 95] * * * n. informal a day on which everything seems to go wrong, characterized as a day on which one s hair is particularly unmanageable * * * ˌbad ˈhair day… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bad hair day — Australian Slang day in which one cannot get one s hair to look good; day in which one is in a bad mood and nothing goes right: Having a bad hair day, are we? …   English dialects glossary

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