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Brillo pad

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A scouring pad used for cleaning dishes, made from steel wool containing soap.
  2. 2
    The hair on the scalp of a black person. US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
  3. 3
    A black person. US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Etymology

From a trademark, probably related to brilliant. The company has claimed that the name derives from a Latin word for “bright”, but there is no fitting word in attested Latin; the ancestor of such verbs as Italian brillare (“to shine”) would be a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *b(e)rillāre.

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