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[missdaredevil]

Does anyone know what a "hairjam" is?

Thanks

[bud]

I've never heard of it. The only possibility I can think of is it's slang for hair gel. But that is doubtful because it wouldn't take an article.

[advoca]

Hair Jam (made by Wella) is a gunk used to eliminate frizzed hair. It can also be used by kids to shape and spike their hair.

The word also appears in the lyrics of the song *Like Other Girls* in the soundtrack of Mulan 2.

I wanna be like other girls
I wanna see what other girls see
Just to be free like other girls

To wear my old jeans
To eat a whole cake
Feel the sun on my feet
Be quiet, be crazy
Be anything I want to be
Dance around in my underwear

To walk by myself
Do nothing all day
To eat a whole cake
Be cranky with frosting

No cameras
No pressures
No phonies
No hairjam
No people who think that they know me but don't
No bleb from shoes

Incidentally, bleb is a medical term meaning a bladder-like structure more than 5 mm in diameter with thin walls that may be full of fluid. Also called a bulla.

It is visible in the form of a blister caused by ill-fitting shoes