is "dirty blonde" depreciative?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Neutral for me too.

But if it's depreciative, why just "mildly"?

"Dishwater blonde" really is depreciative. Like "bottle blonde."

JL
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Just last night someone referred to a "dishwasher blonde", but I doubt
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> On 3/24/2012 8:45 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
> > I thought it was ditchwater blonde. Or maybe I am confusing it with
> "dull as ditchwater"?
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