Talk:bronde

Time frame of usage, etymology and citations

I take this as being a modern coinage. Therefore I think it may be feasible to establish a date of when the term first came into common awareness/usage. For me, the first I recall hearing the term was in an TV advertising campaign for a hair-colouring product (possibly featuring Jennifer Aniston), around 10–15 years ago.

In the list of citations there is one included from 1892 that I consider an 'outlier':

"[...] one settled the disputed point when he declared she was “a bronde hair blunette.”"

I note that blunette is not recognised as a word, and — so far — I see no indication that the appearance of bronde in that text reflected any contemporary real-word usage, nor that it sparked any such usage: like a novel featuring a cranky auntie who's referred to as crantie — OK for the fictional universe, but nothing to do with real life.

—DIV (1.145.62.29 01:07, 28 March 2024 (UTC))

The term seems to have been popularised from 2010 onwards, starting with Kim Vo. See citations.

The advertising campaign I was thinking of was probably the one for L'Oreal in 2015, featuring Jennifer Lopez [1].

—DIV (1.145.62.29 02:07, 28 March 2024 (UTC))