tousled

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/23/2010 07:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I'm starting to think it's the default "colorful" adjective for any hair not
>absolutely straight, short and tightly curled, very short, or meticulousy
>styled.

That's my received sense also ... but I haven't seen Catherine
Herridge's do in a while ... or ever, that I can recall.

Joel

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