Meaning
Hair pomade — the thick, often petroleum-based grease rubbed into the hair and scalp to moisturise, soften, and add shine, and to ease combing tightly-curled hair. Brands like 'Blue Magic' are household names. To 'grease yuh hair' or 'grease yuh scalp' is part of the regular hair-care routine, and the tub of hair grease is a fixture of the dressing table.
Examples
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Grease yuh hair before yuh comb it.
Put grease in your hair before you comb it.
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Rub di hair grease inna yuh scalp.
Rub the hair grease into your scalp.
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Blue Magic a di popular hair grease.
Blue Magic is the popular hair grease.
Origin
From 'hair' + 'grease' (pomade); hair-and-scalp pomade (e.g. Blue Magic). See [[plait]], [[hot-comb]].
How it’s used
Hair-and-scalp pomade; 'grease yuh hair' = apply it. See [[plait]], [[hot-comb]].