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[Jesse Sheidlower]

> The earliest dictionary treatment for this word I know of is in _The
> Barnhart Dictionary Companion_ (Vol. 8.3, 1983).  The e.d. [earliest
> date] there is 1991.

I may have missed a message in here, but there is actually an
entry for "bad hair day" in OED Online, it's not just a line
in some wire-service piece talking about Bridget Jones. The
first cite we have been able to find is from 1988; our own
Barry has worked particularly hard on this without being able
to do better. The '88 cite is American.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED