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pussy hat

pussy hat noun: a simple pink knitted hat playfully reflecting a double entendre, worn in symbolic solidarity with women. Introduced for the Women's March on January 21, 2017, and subsequently worn at various protest marches and rallies.

pussy hat: a simple pink knitted hat playfully reflecting a double entendre, worn in symbolic solidarity with...
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Noun

pussy hat (plural pussy hats)

  1. A simple pink knitted hat playfully reflecting a double entendre, worn in symbolic solidarity with women. Introduced for the Women's March on January 21, 2017, and subsequently worn at various protest marches and rallies.
    • She'd taught herself to knit from YouTube videos just so she could make her own pussy hat for the march.2017, Diana Morland, She Marched: a romantic short story
    • It took hours for it to reach us, and then four more hours to make it across the Central Business District, but it was worth it—to be surrounded by the beautiful pink mass of pussy hats, the witty signs, the anti-trump shirts and hoodies.2017, Erin Passons, The Nasty Women Project: Voices from the Resistance, →ISBN

Examples of pussy hat in a sentence

  • The sidewalks were full of people hurrying toward the Common—women in pink pussy hats, men pushing strollers, kids laughing and running.2017, Elizabeth Warren, This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class, →ISBN:
  • Just imagine a protester in a pussy hat in a Tiananmen Square-style standoff with an M1 Abrams tank.2018 February 8, Rich Lowry, “Yes, we should throw a parade”, in Politico, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2018:

Forms of pussy hat

pluralpussy hats
alternative formpussyhat

Origin of pussy hat

From the appearance of the hat as playfully reflecting female reproductive tract anatomy and also evoking cat's ears, in a double entendre of pussy (“female genitalia”) and pussy (“cat”).

Questions about pussy hat

What does pussy hat mean?
Pussy hat means a simple pink knitted hat playfully reflecting a double entendre, worn in symbolic solidarity with women. Introduced for the Women's March on January 21, 2017, and subsequently worn at various protest marches and rallies.
How do you use pussy hat in a sentence?
The sidewalks were full of people hurrying toward the Common—women in pink pussy hats, men pushing strollers, kids laughing and running.
What part of speech is pussy hat?
Pussy hat is a noun.
What is the plural of pussy hat?
The plural of pussy hat is pussy hats.

Words near pussy hat in the dictionary

  1. pussy eating
  2. pussy fart
  3. pussy farts
  4. pussy finger
  5. pussy fingers
  6. pussy hat
  7. pussy hats
  8. pussy juice
  9. pussy juices
  10. pussy lip
  11. pussy lips

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