brats

Noun

brat (countable and uncountable, plural brats)

1. (slang, usually negative connotation) A human child.
   • "So... you want to have kids someday?" "Uh... well, yes. I always figured I'd have a couple brats of my own someday..." "That's still doable, you know." "I know, but the process is a lot more complicated and less intimate, and --"2012 March 2, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Mar 2, 2012

   Synonyms:

   bairn, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid

   1. (derogatory, slang, usually negative connotation) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
      • a spoiled brat
   2. (neologism, slang, uncountable, usually negative connotation) The qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman.
      • Here are the people and the styles at the DNC that embodied the brat ethos.2024 August 23, Lauren Bulbin, Annaliese Nurnberg, “The best brat styles of DNC”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23...
   3. (slang, usually negative connotation) A child (at any age) of an active member of the military or the diplomatic service.
      • an army brat
   4. (slang, usually negative connotation) A submissive partner who is disobedient and unruly.
2. (broadly, derogatory) An immature, spoiled and/or selfish person.

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