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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A brassiere.

Wiktionary

  1. n. physics One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket.
  2. n. a brassiere
  3. n. slang friend.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. same as brassiere.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts

Etymologies

  1. Representing a different pronunciation of bro, meaning brother (Wiktionary)

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  • bourbonmots Allan Sherman sang about the singular vs plural issue in his song "One Hippopotami" (can usually be found on YouTube). Jul 27, 2011

  • antxeme haha~ Jul 27, 2011

  • tbtabby Means "good" in Swedish. Jul 13, 2009

  • skipvia ...sits down next to this girl and says "do you know Anal?" Dec 2, 2008

  • sionnach So, this dyslexic guy goes into a bra... Dec 2, 2008

  • bilby Maybe it's not the one-leg trouser that causes that but a triphthong. Dec 2, 2007

  • reesetee I know what you mean, c_b. I always imagine someone trying to put on a pair of one-legged trousers and hopelessly hopping around a room. Nov 27, 2007

  • seanahan I interpret it as panties go over both legs, where as the bra is worn over the chest. Nov 27, 2007

  • chained_bear Oh! So that's it! Thanks reesetee! ;)

    Also, and perhaps paradoxically, I find stuff like the J. Crew catalog saying "The Pant" to be very pretentious. Nov 27, 2007

  • reesetee Because English is weird, that's why.
    Nov 27, 2007

  • bilby I had an Indian friend who used pant and scissor in the singular. "I bought a new pant today." "Will you be passing me the scissor." Perhaps such usages are all the buzz in Bangalore. But he didn't wear a bra so I remain perplexed. Nov 27, 2007

  • chained_bear Pants: two legs, two cuffs, one pair, one garment.
    Scissors: two blades, two points, two fingerholes, one pair, one tool.

    By that argument you could say bra: two arm straps, two cups, one garment, which doesn't make sense at all. "I need to buy a pair of bra" is just dumb, and "...a pair of bras" means two of the garments, not two cups.

    Which brings us back to: why not buy a pant, or use a scissor?

    Politics, however, is just weird. I understand it makes strange bedfellows as well. Nov 27, 2007

  • uselessness Pants: Two legs.
    Scissors: Two blades.
    Politics: One is quite enough, thankyouverymuch. Nov 26, 2007

  • chained_bear Bra makes sense, as it's short for brassiere. But why are pants and scissors plural?

    And for that matter, why does politics SOUND plural, even though it isn't? Nov 26, 2007

  • bilby Women have a lot to answer for. Nov 26, 2007

  • oroboros Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural? Nov 26, 2007

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