perm
[purm]Informal.
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- to give (the hair) a permanent.
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- to apply a permanent to the hair.
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Origin of perm
First recorded in 1925–30; by shortening
Perm
[purm, pairm; Russian pyerm]
- a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kama River.
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Formerly Molotov.
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Examples from the Web for perm
Contemporary Examples
“Seeking a long-term (perm) 24/7 slave, for absolute ownership/slavery,” his profile on Collarpsace.com read.
My sisters opened a beauty parlor in their bedroom, curling hair with crisscrossed bobby pins and calling it a perm.
I was wearing a perm, so I just had to go to the back of my neck and I had a fist full of sweat.
‘No No,’ a Documentary on MLB Pitcher Dock Ellis, Who Pitched a No-Hitter While Tripping on AcidMarlow Stern
February 5, 2014
Anna Nemtsova reports on the harsh conditions that await the young mothers in Mordovia and Perm, the ‘gateway to Siberia.’
Instead, they are now heading to prisons in the remote regions of Mordovia and Perm, also known as “the gateway to Siberia.”
Historical Examples
I was compelled to return to Perm and inform Rasputin of the result of my investigations.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
In Perm Foma purchased for her different new things and what-not.
Foma GordyeffMaxim Gorky
Up this the vessel steamed for three days and then reached Perm.
Condemned as a NihilistGeorge Alfred Henty
The upper series is named the Permian, from the province of Perm in Russia.
The Elements of GeologyWilliam Harmon Norton
The Bashkirs of Orenburg deeply indent the southern part of Perm.
The Ethnology of EuropeRobert Gordon Latham
perm1
- a hairstyle produced by treatment with heat, chemicals, etc which gives long-lasting waves, curls, or other shapingAlso called (esp formerly): permanent wave
- the act of giving or receiving such a hairstyle
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- (tr) to give a perm to (hair)
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perm2
- short for permutation (def. 4)
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Perm
- a port in W Russia, on the Kama River: oil refinery; university (1916). Pop: 984 000 (2005 est)Former name (1940–62): Molotov
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Word Origin and History for perm
n.
1927, shortened form of permanent wave (1909). The verb is first recorded 1928.
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