Jheri curl

English

Alternative forms

Jerry curl, jerry curl, Jeri curl

Etymology

Named after American hairdresser Jheri Redding (1907–1998), its inventor.

Noun

Jheri curl (plural Jheri curls)

A hairstyle popular with the African-American community in the 1980s, giving a glossy, loosely curled look.
- 1989, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, spoken by Mister Senor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson):
  Today's temperature's gonna rise up over 100 degrees, so there's a Jheri curl alert! That's right, Jheri curl alert. If you have a Jheri curl, stay in the house or you'll end up with a permanent black helmet on your head fuh-eva!
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 517:
  Eye shadow but no lipstick, Jheri curl drying out.
- 2020, Romeo Conway, Stop Faking for Stripes‎, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
  His little Jheri curl shined under the car's light. He looked hood.

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