# aircraft blonde and other slang **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823 "2004-01-05T15:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whippingboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@whippingboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whippingboy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/1 "2004-01-05T15:57:00Z")
short pre-amble — at an Xmas party I bumped into a girl I had worked with some years previously at that time she had been blonde but was now a brunette so I asked her if that was her natural colour and she replied yes …I was slightly the worse for having been in the pub for most of the afternoon and I blurted out that me and my mate had had a bet when we had worked with her that her collar and cuffs didn’t match ( i.e she was an aircraft blonde …blonde hair with a black box) to which she laughed and said that we were both wrong as she shaved i.e a shaven haven…which got me thinking about slang terms for girls who die there hair or shave . can anyone help me with more slang tearms ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/2 "2004-01-05T16:29:16Z")
“black box” heh. Gotta remember that one. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/3 "2004-01-05T18:52:19Z")
Do the drapes match the carpet? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/4 "2004-01-05T18:59:11Z")
Actually, that doesn’t make much sense said like that. It should be: “Does the carpet match the drapes?” ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/5 "2004-01-05T19:10:58Z")
“Does the carpet match the drapes?” I am a redhead, I have been asked that very question quiet a few times. Most of the time, I just say, “Yes”. Sometimes, just for fun I say something like. “gee. I’d offer to show you, but I shave.” ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/6 "2004-01-05T21:56:25Z")
Oh, and another well known aircraft-related shaving term: Landing Strip. [hijack] **misstee** , you shave your eyebrows?\* [/hijack] \*Name the movie, win a prize! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-blonde-and-other-slang/222823/7 "2004-01-08T12:10:56Z")
Suicide Blonde: Dyed by her own hand.