is "dirty blonde" depreciative?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 24, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Geoff Nunberg wrote:

> From the OED:
>
> dirty blonde adj. and n. orig. U.S. (mildly depreciative)  (a) adj.(of the hair) dark blonde; blonde tinged with a darker colour;  (b) n.a person with hair of this colour.
>
> When I was growing up, the term referred simply to a hair color, with no implication of disapproval.

for me too.  but then i'm an old guy.

arnold

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