Plural of hairspray; liquid beauty products sprayed onto hair to hold it in place and keep a hairstyle stiff or firm.
Compound of 'hair' and 'spray,' a product category that emerged in the mid-20th century when aerosol spray technology became common for cosmetics and household products.
Hairspray became a cultural icon of the 1980s—people used so much of it that scientists studying the ozone layer actually pointed to hairsprays as a major source of CFCs that were damaging the atmosphere, leading to reformulations.
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