the.com/hair dryer
A wind tunnel for your ego, plugged into the wall.
means An electric handheld device that blows heated air to dry and style wet hair.
from A straightforward compound of 'hair' and 'dryer' — 'dry' tracing back to Old English 'drygan.' The device itself emerged in the late 1800s and early 1900s, evolving from clunky bonnet-style salon hoods (basically vacuum cleaners rigged to blow hot air) into the handheld blow-dryer by the 1920s, as both hairstyles and home electricity got more adventurous.
- original purpose
- Patented in 1920s as a mining ventilation idea
- true function
- Evaporates water faster by moving air, not just heat
- cold shot button
- Locks your hairstyle by closing the hair cuticle
- noise level
- Can hit 90 decibels, loud as a motorcycle