job in a nail salon

[Jenny Nguyen]

Hi everyone!

What do you call a person who works in a nail salon or nail bar?

Thank you.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Nail technician or manicurist.

 

[Jenny Nguyen]

How about "nailist"? Is it a correct word?

 

[MikeNewYork]

The word appears to exist, mostly outside the US. It is listed in Wiktionary.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nailist

 

[emsr2d2]

In the nail salon near me, the staff are described as "nail artists".

 

[MikeNewYork]

When they use artist, the price goes up. :lol:

 

[Rover_KE]

The word appears to exist, mostly outside the US. It is listed in Wiktionary.

The Urban Dictionary has a quite different definition of 'nailist'.

 

[charliedeut]

In the nail salon near me, the staff are described as "nail artists".

No wonder!

 

[MikeNewYork]

The Urban Dictionary often has a different slant on things. :shock:

 

[charliedeut]

The Urban Dictionary often has a different slant on things. :shock:

I'm (pleasantly) surprised about their entry on "slant", and the feigned dialogue about it.

 

[Tdol]

I'm (pleasantly) surprised about their entry on "slant", and the feigned dialogue about it.

It does sometimes produce superb entries, and that is definitely one.