can I speak to the manager haircut

English

A woman with a "can I speak to the manager" haircut.

Etymology

From a 2014 meme pairing a photo of a white woman with an asymmetrical blond bob with the text "The 'Can I Speak To A Manager' Haircut".

Pronunciation

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Noun

can I speak to the manager haircut (plural can I speak to the manager haircuts)

1. (slang, derogatory) A hairstyle associated with entitled middle-aged white women, typically a layered, asymmetrical bob with blond highlights.

   Synonyms: I want to speak to the manager haircut, Karen haircut

   • 2016, Lachlan Sharp, "Lake Placid", The Reef (Beaumaris Yacht Club), Volume 7, Issue 2, Summer/Autumn 2016, page 16:

     But after a banshee of a woman with a 'can I speak to your manager' haircut howled at us (apparently this was "singing", though we're still yet to confirm it) for an hour we decided it was best to seek the comforts of the motel, its panoramic views of the roundabout and reruns of Midsomer Murders.

   • 2017, Erin Christie, "Nobody Told Me", Grapeshot (Macquarrie University), Volume 9, Issue 7 (2017), page 29:

     In the first ten seconds of an educational video, Pam, with her double-denim and 'can I speak to the manager' haircut, says ominously: […]

   • 2020, Portia MacIntosh, Stuck On You, unnumbered page:

     A middle-aged boomer with a can-I-speak-to-the-manager haircut who has lots of opinions about lots of things but none of them feel all that well thought out.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:can I speak to the manager haircut.