big hair

1. hair having the appearance of fullness and height, usually teased and sprayed.

big hair

noun

1. a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of big hair¹

1985–90

Example Sentences

I went to school college in Kansas City, Missouri, but my family derived a little bit south so Georgia area, and a lot of that drag manifested in the South is very pageant influence – so very polished, lots of gowns, big earrings, big hair, fur.

From Salon

The video that launched her solo career, Crazy In Love ticks off all of the early 2000s music video clichés - fur coats, exploding cars, big hair and bullet time sequences.

From BBC

Yes, I know, the South did not invent sweet tea — or big hair or monogramed towels, for that matter — but we have “southernized” it to the point of it being paradigmatic of our culture.

From Salon

Meanwhile, the players are being lauded, among them defender Marc Cucurella, who has become a folk hero thanks to his big hair and an online song about him which has gone viral.

From BBC

Jackson calls it an honor to have portrayed DeGarmo, who he describes as a man with “big hair and big clothes, but is a softly spoken and poetic soul. These contradictions made him so fun to play.”

From Seattle Times