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A sharp word for a spoiled child, and in other contexts a service-family child, a bratwurst, a pop-culture mood, a kink role, or a rare rough garment.
Examples Modern readers often miss the clothing sense of brat .
Some kink communities use brat for playful resistance, not real refusal.
A responsible brat still respects safewords.
The stand sells a brat with onions and spicy mustard.
After the album blew up, brat became shorthand for a messy, confident mood.
Similar words defiant carefree
cloak
messy
banger
hedonistic
military child
provocateur
base kid
bratty submissive
Meanings Examples The brat kicked the seat until his father moved him.
Calling a child a brat can sound harsher than calling the behaviour rude.
She apologized for acting like a brat at the party.
The neighbours complained about the brats throwing stones at cars.
He was no angel, but he was not the selfish brat they described.
The coach refused to reward a brat who shouted at teammates.
Similar words spoiled child
imp
rascal
pest
troublemaker
scamp
Examples As a military brat , she attended six schools before graduation.
The memoir follows an army brat adjusting to a new base.
He met other service brats who understood constant moving.
A theatre brat may grow up backstage around rehearsals and tours.
The navy brat learned to make friends quickly.
Not every military brat sees the label as an insult.
Similar words military child
service child
base kid
third-culture kid
Examples We grilled brats before the baseball game.
The stand sells a brat with onions and spicy mustard.
He simmered the brats in beer before browning them.
A hot brat and a cold drink made a quick festival lunch.
She chose a veggie brat instead of the pork sausage.
The recipe calls for four brats and a pile of sauerkraut.
Similar words bratwurst
sausage
wurst
link
banger
Examples Her lime-green jacket felt very brat .
The club night promised a brat mix of chaos and glamour.
After the album blew up, brat became shorthand for a messy, confident mood.
The campaign borrowed brat colours without copying the whole attitude.
She called the outfit brat , not polished or quiet.
The meme turned brat into a political and fashion adjective.
Similar words bold
defiant carefree
hedonistic
unapologetic
messy
Examples The brat teased the dominant only within the scene's agreed limits.
Some kink communities use brat for playful resistance, not real refusal.
A responsible brat still respects safewords.
The workshop explained how a brat role differs from poor consent.
They negotiated whether brat play suited their dynamic.
Online profiles sometimes list brat beside other BDSM roles.
Similar words bratty submissive
playful submissive
tease
provocateur
Examples The old account describes a linen brat worn over the dress.
Dialect glossaries record brat as a rough apron or pinafore.
She tied a working brat around her waist before churning butter.
The word brat can name a garment in older northern usage.
A torn brat hung beside the stable door.
Modern readers often miss the clothing sense of brat .
Similar words apron
pinafore
overall smock
cloak
covering
Etymology From Middle English brat , first used for a rough cloak or rag and later for a child, probably through the idea of a child in rags. The sausage sense is shortened from German Bratwurst . The recent pop-culture adjective spread after Charli XCX's 2024 album Brat .
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