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long hair don't care

long hair don't care phrase: a slogan of the hippy movement, dismissing perceived prudish and conservative attitudes of previous generations.

Phrase

long hair don't care

  1. A slogan of the hippy movement, dismissing perceived prudish and conservative attitudes of previous generations.
    • This time she left the ponytail down. She had really long pretty black hair that fell on her dark brown shoulders. She had been growing it since seventh grade when her sister told her “Long Hair Don't Care.”2011, Sarai Juelz, The Triple B Girl's Club, page 28
    • Or was she the type that may have been insecure about her dark complexion in the age of redbone skin tones, yellow models, 'long hair don't care'.2012, Richard Warren Crosson, Souljastory@itrilla.com: Too Hot for Urban Lit, volume 1

Origin of long hair don't care

Chosen for the rhyme, and in reference to the habit of many male hippies of growing their hair long.

Questions about long hair don't care

What does long hair don't care mean?
Long hair don't care means a slogan of the hippy movement, dismissing perceived prudish and conservative attitudes of previous generations.
What part of speech is long hair don't care?
Long hair don't care is a phrase.

Words near long hair don't care in the dictionary

  1. long gross
  2. Long Gully
  3. long gun
  4. long guns
  5. long hair
  6. long hair don't care
  7. long hair sedge
  8. long hairs
  9. long handle
  10. Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights
  11. long haul

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