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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: Chavster on September 24, 2011, 10:35:39 AM
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If someone were to say 'OMG OMG OMG I really want to shave my head, because I have nappy hair', what does that mean? The nappy hair part, not the 'I want to shave my head' part.
Nappy here = diaper.
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Nappy here= curly kinky hair. As a race most black folks have that kind of hair but it's not restricted to them.
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Ok, that makes sense. When I posted that, i couldnt remember where I heard it, but then it came to me. I was watching the first episode of the US version of The X Factor, and one of the contestants mentioned that Justin Timberlake had nappy hair, and I thought wtf? But now it makes sense :)
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Nappy here= curly kinky hair. As a race most black folks have that kind of hair but it's not restricted to them.
And be careful about using it because the term can be considered offensive.
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Oh, sorry :(
That didnt occur to me. It was said openly on a tv show so I didnt even think it might be offensive.
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Oh, sorry :(
That didnt occur to me. It was said openly on a tv show so I didnt even think it might be offensive.
Depends on who's saying it and who it's being said about.
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I don't think it is over there but you would be a better judge of that than I would.
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For a pretty good film on the whole subject:
Good Hair is a 2009 American comedy documentary film produced by Chris Rock Productions and HBO Films, starring and narrated by comedian Chris Rock. Should be available on Netflix.
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Imus got in a lot of hot water over the context he used among other words...
http://mediamatters.org/research/200704040011
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Well I've never heard the word over here, apart from when someone is talking about diapers, because a diaper here is called a nappy. I thought 'nappy hair' meant someone looked like they were wearing a diaper on their head, in the same way 'helmet hair' means (I think) they look like they have a football helmet on their head.
I just looked at that link ^... what does hos mean? :o
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what does hos mean? :o
Pronounced Hoz, think oldest profession!
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:o ok.
Now I'm wondering where that term came from...hoz/hos = prostitute? It doesnt even sound similar :o
Actually dont worry. The last time I asked about an American pronunciation or punctuation, it was like World War 17. I'm not that desperate to know :)
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Talk from 'da hood! Street slang, primarily used by African-American and Latino street people.
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Oh, well then I wouldnt understand it at all. Maybe its short for hooker. Hos = hooker.
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Incidentally, I didnt think nappy hair was a disrespectful term because it was used on an American prime time tv show (The X Factor) on Thursday night. Simon Cowell (or one of the judges, I cant remember which) asked the contestant on stage who he was as good as (or wanted to be like), and his response was along the lines of 'Whitney Houston before she lost it, Mariah Carey before she lost it, and Justin Timberlake without the nappy hair'. So I assumed if it was ok to be broadcast to the American public on Fox at something like 8pm, then it would be ok for me to ask what it (nappy hair) is/was.
:o
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Oh, well then I wouldnt understand it at all. Maybe its short for hooker. Hos = hooker.
Close but no cigar!
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You really do lead a lonely life ;). Start with 4's and rhyme with doors.
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Oh :) Thanks, I get it now!
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You can learn a lot at http://www.urbandictionary.com
Even a lot about your first name...type it in and see what happens.
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:o :o :o
Wierd, not uncool dude. Into everything, sports academics, etc. Not sure of himself or what he wants to do. Other people have trouble understanding him because he doesn't undertsand himself. He sometimes gets depressed and down on himself if the smallest thing goes wrong. Very pessimistic and cynical, which sometimes almost leads to depression. Isn't a cynic becasue he thinks its cool, is a cynic becuase he thinks it is right.
Note: Don't f**k with him because if he gets pissed, game over for you.
OMG, I've never seen that site before! I'll have to spend some time with it :D
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Oh, well then I wouldnt understand it at all. Maybe its short for hooker. Hos = hooker.
Ho's = Whores
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Oh, well then I wouldnt understand it at all. Maybe its short for hooker. Hos = hooker.
"Ho" is an ethnic pronounciation of "whore".
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:o :o :o
Wierd, not uncool dude. Into everything, sports academics, etc. Not sure of himself or what he wants to do. Other people have trouble understanding him because he doesn't undertsand himself. He sometimes gets depressed and down on himself if the smallest thing goes wrong. Very pessimistic and cynical, which sometimes almost leads to depression. Isn't a cynic becasue he thinks its cool, is a cynic becuase he thinks it is right.
Note: Don't f**k with him because if he gets pissed, game over for you.
OMG, I've never seen that site before! I'll have to spend some time with it :D
It can be a lot of fun, but not quite as addicting as SBGs.
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Oh, well then I wouldnt understand it at all. Maybe its short for hooker. Hos = hooker.
"Ho" is an ethnic pronounciation of "whore".
There's an echo in here.
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:o :o :o
Wierd, not uncool dude. Into everything, sports academics, etc. Not sure of himself or what he wants to do. Other people have trouble understanding him because he doesn't undertsand himself. He sometimes gets depressed and down on himself if the smallest thing goes wrong. Very pessimistic and cynical, which sometimes almost leads to depression. Isn't a cynic becasue he thinks its cool, is a cynic becuase he thinks it is right.
Note: Don't f**k with him because if he gets pissed, game over for you.
OMG, I've never seen that site before! I'll have to spend some time with it :D
It can be a lot of fun, but not quite as addicting as SBGs.
Well possibly not but maybe it'll help me understand what you guys are talking about without having to ask so much :D :P
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Dude in your before pic you sure do look like a nappy-headed Ho LOL ;D
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:-[ :'(
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LOL. You look great in the after pic though !
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Thanks :D
*blush*
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Thats a perfectly smooth shaved head...where's the shadow ?
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Which shadow? My shadow?