Meaning
Coarse, tightly-curled, kinky hair that is 'tough' or 'hard' to comb through. A plain everyday description of hair texture, though it sits within a loaded history: 'tough' or 'picky-picky' hair was long unfairly contrasted with straighter 'good hair' under colourism. The natural-hair movement has reclaimed pride in it. The opposite in casual talk is 'nice hair'.
Examples
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Him hair tough, it hard fi comb.
His hair is coarse; it's hard to comb.
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Grease it fus, di hair tough.
Grease it first; the hair is coarse.
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Natural-hair movement teach pride inna 'tough' hair.
The natural-hair movement teaches pride in coarse hair.
Origin
From 'tough'/'hard' + 'hair'; coarse, tightly-curled hair. See [[picky-picky]], [[nice-hair]].
How it’s used
Coarse/kinky hair; historically contrasted with 'nice/good hair' (colourism). See [[picky-picky]], [[nice-hair]].