hair metal
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6.8
- noun
- /hɛr ˈmɛtəl/
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hair metal
- This game day landmark of beer tubs, bent neon, and blaring hair metal beneath the elevated train across from Yankee Stadium is one of those experiences.
- hair metal band
- 80s hair metal
- eighties hair metal
Examples
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There was also hair metal, which was just horny dudes in makeup.
Blog text (9) -
Never had champagne, but I can only imagine that the first time I do, it'll be with an '80s hair metal band walking behind me, still playing.
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Yeah, I love the old big hair metal.
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I'm such a sucker for hair metal.
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Technically, this is 80's hair metal.
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Harry looked for the lane girl's face in shopping malls and crowded places like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which he eventually visited (hair metal, he learned, had been big in the 1980s), but he never saw her.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the 1980s, hair metal bands were known for their extravagant hairstyles and flashy outfits.
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She loves listening to hair metal, especially bands like Poison and Bon Jovi.
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During the concert, the crowd went wild for the hair metal music that defined a generation.
Synonyms
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7.2
A 1970s rock style with flashy clothes and loud guitars
Surface Forms
Morphology
hair + metal
The phrase is compositionally interpretable: a B1 learner who knows 'metal' (as the music genre) and 'hair' can plausibly infer it labels a kind of metal music associated with conspicuous hairstyles. However, the term encodes specific cultural/historical features (the 1980s glam/“big hair” scene and associated stylistic traits) that are not fully predictable from the words alone, so the meaning is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Hair metal comes from 1980s rock bands that played loud metal music and wore huge, styled hair, creating a strong visual image. So, hair metal means the flashy, big-haired rock style from that time.