hair metal days
- noun
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días del hair metal
- MTV played nonstop videos from bands at the height of the hair metal days.
Examples
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The hair metal days brought big hair, heavy makeup, and roaring guitar solos to the mainstream.
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Many fans still fondly remember the outrageous fashion of the hair metal days.
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The hair metal days were filled with colorful outfits and big hairstyles.
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Many people remember the hair metal days with nostalgia.
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Many fans reminisce about the wild concerts and fashion of the hair metal days of the 1980s.
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The hair metal days featured bands like Guns N' Roses and Poison, known for their elaborate hairstyles.
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Listening to music from the hair metal days always brings back memories of my youth and carefree days.
Synonyms
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7.2
A 1970s rock style with flashy clothes and loud guitars
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A loud 1980s rock style with big hair, flashy clothes, and guitar solos
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built (hair + metal + days) so a learner could guess it refers to a period associated with a kind of 'metal' music linked to hair/a hairstyle, but recognising that 'hair metal' is a specific 1980s glam-metal genre requires cultural/lexical knowledge beyond the literal words. Because part of the meaning depends on knowing the genre label and its cultural connotations, the expression is not fully predictable from constituents alone.
Etymology
Hair metal days comes from the look of 1980s metal bands: they had huge, styled hair, heavy makeup and showy clothes while playing loud metal music, so people began to call that time the 'hair metal days'. That's why today it means the popular period in the 1980s when this flashy style and music were everywhere.