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Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours

From:deinx nxtxr <deinx.nxtxr@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 14:36
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> > Grey hair : a blue hair > > Not even. "A bluehair" is a derogatory term for an older woman, that > originates from a type of coloring (formerly?) used by women with > completely white hair that gave it a tint of blue.
I've never heard it used in any derogatory sense.