A person with white or very blonde hair; also used as an informal or sometimes derogatory term.
Cotton (white/light color, from Arabic qutun) + top (the head/upper part). Descriptive compound referring to the appearance of light-colored hair.
Like many appearance-based nicknames, 'cottontop' shows how we use texture and color words to describe people—similar to 'redhead' or 'brunette,' but it's fallen out of favor as being disrespectful.
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