slang
as in wig
a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area get a load of that bald guy's rug—who does he think he's fooling?

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Noun
  • North was dressed as Pink Cardigan, Guapõ’s younger sibling, and Kris, 69, took on the role of Chrissy G, their mother, by sporting a black sweater and red wig.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These things are — according to Torres’s theories — navy blue, and the threat of that color’s oppressive manifestations lurks in the show like an under-the-bed monster wearing a toupee and a bad suit.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Robert Greenberg, a former hairstylist who tried to get rich off of everything from mail-order toupees to roller skates, founded the company with his son Michael in 1992 and the family still owns a 12% stake.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • This time around, Faracy wore a gilded replica of the look, consisting of a gold corset with a gold cone bra, an assortment of gold chains, gold hoop earrings, and a gold hairpiece adorning her high ponytail.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The smaller section was rolled at an angle, and the larger portion looks like it was rolled around a hairpiece or a hair donut for added lift, volume, and shape.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Rug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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