Blond and blonde

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Based on AP's rule, are all my examples below correctly applied? I want to ensure that I fully understand AP's rule.

blond, blonde

Use blond as a noun for males and as an adjective for all applications.

Use blonde as a noun for females.
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He is a blond./ She is a blonde.
She is a bleached blonde.
She has bleached blond hair.
He is a bleached blond.
She has strawberry blond hair.
Amy is a peroxide blonde.
She has blond hair.
Tom and his wife, Alice, have blond hair.
Alice's hair had blond highlights.
Mike's hair has blond highlights.
She is an ash blonde.
She has ash blond hair.
She has dirty blond hair.
He told several dumb blond jokes.
She was a dumb blonde.

Dave Phillips · Accepted Answer

I think you've got it.

BarbaraPA · Answer

victoHe told several dumb blond jokes.

This one is the noun.

Victo · Answer

So technically it should be:

dumb blonde jokes ?

Dimsumexpress · Answer

victodumb blonde jokes ?

Preferably hyphenated.

BarbaraPA · Answer

This is an excellent example of when the hyphen changes the meetings.

He told a bunch of dumb blonde jokes: The jokes were about blondes, but they were dumb jokes.

He told a bunch of dumb-blonde jokes: The jokes were about dumb blondes.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

So technically it should be:

dumb blonde jokes ?

This remark itself is meant as a joke, right?

Clive

Blond and blonde

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