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perm

[purm] / pɜrm /
NOUN
body wave
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She immediately suggested they have ChatGPT generate a photo of him with a perm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Backed by dancers dressed as rodeo clowns, Roan - herself wearing a sequinned cowboy hat and sparkly boots - rode a a giant pink carousel pony, complete with an 80s perm.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

"He looks better. Much cooler in terms of perm and with regard to chain."

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025

By the eighth inning, a customer had canceled her perm appointment with Kanno, allowing him to watch the game slip away from the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

But if Park left, there'd be no one to stop his mom if she decided to give Eleanor giant, claw-shaped bangs or a spiral perm.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell