nappiness
Soft raised surface
Nappiness is the quality of having tightly coiled or kinky hair texture, especially as a natural feature of Black hair.
The term reclaims what was once used disparagingly: She embraced her nappiness and stopped using chemical relaxers.
The word celebrates natural Black hair texture rather than treating it as something to be straightened or "fixed."
Tightly coiled or unconventional
- coilyHaving tight curls
- curlyHaving spiral locks
- frizzyTightly curled texture
- texturedHaving tactile surface quality
coarse · woolly · springy · afro · natural · kinks · shrinkage · curl pattern
State of near-sleep
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
snooze · catnap · siesta · shuteye · yawning · nodding off · torpor · languor
Adding water to skin
- detanglingRemoving knots from fibers
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- wash dayDesignated clothes-cleaning time
- co-washHair cleansing without shampoo
satin bonnet · wide-tooth comb · shingling · plopping · scrunching · diffusing · sealing · clarifying
kinky
Tightly coiled or unconventional
textured · coarse · woolly · springy · afro · natural · kinks · shrinkage · curl pattern · porosity
drowsiness
State of near-sleep
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
lethargy · snooze · catnap · siesta · shuteye · yawning · nodding off · torpor · languor · repose
moisturizing
Adding water to skin
- detanglingRemoving knots from fibers
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- wash dayDesignated clothes-cleaning time
co-wash · satin bonnet · wide-tooth comb · shingling · plopping · scrunching · diffusing · sealing · clarifying
nappinessstraightness
Absence of curvature
smoothness · sleekness · silkiness · flatness · slickness
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