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English term or phrase:
curated (hair)
English answer:
cared for, carefully arranged or presented
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English term
curated (hair)
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Cosmetics, Beauty
"I picture Gina: her petite, perfect little bee-sting of a body; curated dark roots growing into peroxide blond."
I understand that she's dyed her hair blond some time ago and now the dark roots are already visible. But what does "curated" mean exactly in the context of hair?
I understand that she's dyed her hair blond some time ago and now the dark roots are already visible. But what does "curated" mean exactly in the context of hair?
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| 4 +3 | cared for, carefully arranged or presented |
Yvonne Gallagher
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References
| Metaphorical use of "curated" |
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cared for, carefully arranged or presented
I think it is the usual meaning of curate: she is carefully arranging her dark roots as they grow into the blond i.e. to make it seem like that is the exact look she is after.
"cared for" = conditioned, shiny
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/curate
Maybe she is growing out her roots and going dark again, but in the meantime she has this mishmash of dark roots and blond ends to make appear as best as possible
"cared for" = conditioned, shiny
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/curate
Maybe she is growing out her roots and going dark again, but in the meantime she has this mishmash of dark roots and blond ends to make appear as best as possible
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Metaphorical use of "curated"
Metaphorical use of "curated", as if her hair was taken care of by an expert with an advanced degree.
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The word “curate,” lofty and once rarely spoken outside exhibition corridors or British parishes, has become a fashionable code word among the aesthetically minded, ...
Maybe the use of ‘curate’ to refer to extra-museum activities is just metaphorical, ...
For many who adopt the term, or bestow it on others, “it’s an innocent form of self-inflation,” said John H. McWhorter, a linguist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/fashion/04curate.html
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The word “curate,” lofty and once rarely spoken outside exhibition corridors or British parishes, has become a fashionable code word among the aesthetically minded, ...
Maybe the use of ‘curate’ to refer to extra-museum activities is just metaphorical, ...
For many who adopt the term, or bestow it on others, “it’s an innocent form of self-inflation,” said John H. McWhorter, a linguist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/fashion/04curate.html
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Discussion
Might mean that she has dark roots by design.
"to curate“ being to carefully chose (it’s been wisely pointed out here, for a museum or perhaps a high-end store) it always involves thought and intention, this wording would lead us to understand that she has put together and really meant to have her platinum-hair-with-the-dark-roots (a look that was quite popular, I believe). She sports her platinum hair and dark roots by careful choice.
In the Merriam Webster dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/can-you-curate...
the answer to the question, "Can you curate anything?“ is, „No, please, please don’t …“