peroxide blonde
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- noun
- /pəˈrɒksaɪd blɒnd/
:
rubia platino
- I don't like your unkempt hair; peroxide blonde beyond repair.
Examples
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The peroxide blonde walked into the party, instantly drawing everyone's attention with her shockingly light hair.
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Does she look like she'd want to hang out with a bunch of shallow, vacant, facile, peroxide-blonde turbo-skanks?
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In the fashion show, the models included a striking peroxide blonde who wore an elegant red dress.
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She decided to become a peroxide blonde, hoping the change would give her a fresh start in life.
Synonyms
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A person with very pale silvery hair often made by bleaching
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A person whose hair is dyed or bleached to look blonde rather than naturally blonde
A person who makes their hair very light by bleaching it with peroxide
Surface Forms
Morphology
peroxide + blonde
The meaning ('a person whose hair has been bleached with peroxide') is directly and transparently derived from combining 'peroxide' (a bleaching chemical) with 'blonde' (hair color), where the first noun specifies the cause/type of the second. This noun+noun compounding pattern and the bleach→artificially lightened hair logic are common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Peroxide blonde comes from hair that was lightened with peroxide, a strong substance used to 'bleach' hair until it became very pale blonde. So a peroxide blonde is someone whose hair has been artificially made very light by this treatment.