I believe it originally was used to refer to any people with dark hair and complexions. Or technically, brunette just meant that type of woman, as the term (in French) for a brown-haired man was brunet (in the same way that blond refers to a yellow-haired man, and blonde to a woman with said hair color). I think I remember reading that the term was borrowed from wool manufacturers, so it might have been pejorative at some point.
There's a joke there about giving my wife nut-coloured hair that I'm far too mature to make.
You're just going to allude to it as hard as you possibly can in the hope someone else will fill the obvious hole.
I like to think of myself as a muse, providing the sparks for other people's imagination.
you grease the nuts and lubricate the funnel, so to speak?
Now you're just making it sound dirty!
On one end, certainly.
Are there really places that allow you on the bus without a shirt?
I don't believe this is correct, since we're picking nits. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brunette
I don't know. The gif might well be from some program or skit, so it's not really reliable evidence, but it's possible some communities allow it. I used to live in a touristy beach town, and while its public transportation system was a bad joke (like in most of the southern US), I did occasionally see women in bikinis or other beachwear using the bus (albeit usually with some kind of wrap, sarong, towel, etc.).
In the interest of fairness to the nit population, people tend to use colors differently when it comes to people parts and populations. Skin that is brown as a crayon is often described as black on a person, hair that is actually orange-ish we tend to call red, and so on. The root of the word brunette is unquestionably brown, but it's not entirely clear just how accurately our ancestors used it when talking about people, and the disagreement over its modern usage may well be quite old.
What in the world is that??
Fun fact! (If I'm remembering correctly) The darker colored pelicans are all juveniles.
Back in the 80s, there was a band called A Flock of Seagulls. Yes, they thought that would be a good band name, and Mike Score, the lead singer, thought that would be a good hairstyle. It didn't stop them from being quite popular, though. They even get referenced in Friends.
I vaguely recall hearing about them as a child, I always thought it was a joke though.
