'fro: Forms: 19- 'fro, fro. Also with capital initial
How I love the OED word of the day.
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'fro, n.2 DRAFT ENTRY June 2005
colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. /fr/, U.S. /fro/ Forms: 19- 'fro, fro. Also with capital initial. [Shortened < AFRO n.]
An Afro hairstyle or any style of hair reminiscent of an Afro; a frizzy or bushy hairstyle.
1970 Time 14 Dec. 40/1 The first sergeant..don't like no black man with a 'Fro. 1974 V. FERDINAND Blk Love Song #1 iii, in J. V. Hatch & T. Shine Black Theater U.S.A. 870/1 That's a nice looking fro baby and yo legs is nice too. 1982 J. M. DEL VECCHIO 13th Valley ix. 130 He pulled out his hair pick and fluffed up his 'fro. 1995 Daughters of Sarah Winter 25/2 She was plump and frizzy-haired (‘It's a 'fro!’), and wore spiked heels. 2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 2 Apr. 68/1 A distinguished gentleman sporting a clean white apron and gray hair rising in a low-altitude 'fro parted in the middle.
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'fro, n.2 DRAFT ENTRY June 2005
colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. /fr/, U.S. /fro/ Forms: 19- 'fro, fro. Also with capital initial. [Shortened < AFRO n.]
An Afro hairstyle or any style of hair reminiscent of an Afro; a frizzy or bushy hairstyle.
1970 Time 14 Dec. 40/1 The first sergeant..don't like no black man with a 'Fro. 1974 V. FERDINAND Blk Love Song #1 iii, in J. V. Hatch & T. Shine Black Theater U.S.A. 870/1 That's a nice looking fro baby and yo legs is nice too. 1982 J. M. DEL VECCHIO 13th Valley ix. 130 He pulled out his hair pick and fluffed up his 'fro. 1995 Daughters of Sarah Winter 25/2 She was plump and frizzy-haired (‘It's a 'fro!’), and wore spiked heels. 2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 2 Apr. 68/1 A distinguished gentleman sporting a clean white apron and gray hair rising in a low-altitude 'fro parted in the middle.
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That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
SHAFT!
Ya damn right!
Who is the man that would risk his neck
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SHAFT!
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SHAFT!
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He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
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