wild hair
Impulsive crazy idea
A wild hair is a sudden impulsive notion or unpredictable urge: She got a wild hair and decided to drive to the coast.
The phrase suggests acting on whim rather than reason.
The fuller expression wild hair up one's ass is cruder but captures the same idea—an irritant prompting unexpected action.
- frizzyTightly curled texture
- capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
- on a whimWithout forethought or reason
- curlyHaving spiral locks
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
whimsical · eccentricity · spontaneity · tangled · rat's nest · recklessness · devil may care · fly by night · disheveled · unpredictability · impulse · unkempt · spur-of-the-moment · untamed · feral · out of control · wiry · bushy
- absent-minded professormessy desk, forgetful, lost keys, mismatched socks, scatterbrained
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- messy hairbedhead, rat's nest, bird's nest, tangles, knots
- EinsteinE=mc2, relativity, general relativity, special relativity, physics
- hair wordstresses, curls, locks, braid, mane
- whimswhim, whimsy, caprice, fancy, impulse
wild hairdeliberate choice
Decision made on purpose
strategic plan · forethought · premeditation · measured response · long-term planning
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