loc'd
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From loc (“dreadlock”) + -ed.
Adjective
[edit]loc'd (not comparable)
- (informal) Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.
- Synonym: dreadlocked
- 2012 October 2, Leilah Reese, “Maintaining your hair — permed, natural or loc’d — and your health: 32 before 32”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- The common misconception is that women who wear their hair natural or loc’d can just get up, shake it and go. […] One of my personal favorite videos belong to Chescalocs. […] Although her hair is loc’d as well, she offers up fantabulous ideas for naturalitas.
- 2020 May 17, Helaine R. Williams, “LET'S TALK: Cutting 'locs good lesson in fulfillment”, in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette[2]:
- Back then, I was left with a 'loc-ed bob. This time, it looked like Victor Frankenstein had time-traveled to the 21st century and decided to do hair. […] I wanted to be "'loc'ed for life," as a friend of mine put it. Now, my hair could grow back thicker than 1970s shag carpet and I'll still opt for close-cropped, easy-to-maintain hair.
- 2021, Nadia E. Brown, Danielle Casarez Lemi, Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
- Locs are a low-maintenance protective style. […] This style is also popular for men, and celebrities such as Lenny Kravitz, Lil Wayne, Chris Bosh, J. Cole, and Stevie Wonder have loc'd hair.