Where does “Hollywood ugly” come from?

Hollywood ugly (English) comes from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.

Hollywood ugly (English): Very beautiful, but deemed ugly by other...

Definitions

  1. Very beautiful, but deemed ugly by other...

Ancestry of “Hollywood ugly”, step by step

Hollywood ugly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hollywood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHollywoodResembling or relating to the Hollywood movie...
2EnglishWoodAn English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood
3EnglishFrogAlternative form of frog
4Portuguesefrocoflock
5Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
6Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
7Proto-Germanic*flukkô
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English ugly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuglyDispleasing to the eye; not aesthetically...
2Middle Englishugly
3Old Norseuggligrfeared; doubtful, questionable
4Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
5Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
6Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô