bra-burner



bra-burner

n. a nickname for a woman who supported the women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s. (Derogatory.) Didn’t the bra-burners give way to whale-savers in the seventies?

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HyldaHIL-dəEnglish (Rare)
TerranceTER-əntsEnglish
ErjaER-yahFinnish
Yuri (1)YOO-ree (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
Mehr-Persian, Persian Mythology
Chaya-Hebrew