Utah claw
n.— «“We have great theme parties. The last one was the white trash party. I had my hair like this,” she says, as she forces her bangs into a four-inch clump off her forehead. “The Utah claw!” exclaims Nicole in recognition. You could practically smell the hairspray.» —“Splits and giggles” by Anne Marie Cruz in New York City ESPN The Magzine July 27, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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