pin-up

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See also: pinup and pin up

English

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Etymology

Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.

Noun

pin-up

pin-up (plural pin-ups)

  1. A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.
    Hyponym: centerfold
    pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room
  2. (often attributive) The person so depicted.
    Hyponym: centerfold
    pin-up girl
    Damn, she could be a pin-up, for real.
  3. (figuratively) Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc.
    Coordinate term: poster child
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
      She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.nœp/
  • (file)

Noun

pin-up f (plural pin-up)

  1. pin-up (woman in a photograph)
  2. babe (sexually attractive woman)

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