brassiere

The halter that elevates and holds in place human mammary glands, named for the inventor Phillipelde Brassiere.

Sometime in the mid twentieth century somebody started calling them bras, maybe because they could spell brassiere. Hardly any store advertises or customers ask for brassieres today. It's simply bra.

Dagmar had a hard time finding a store that sold 44DDD bras.

brassiere by Richard Black March 30, 2005

Brassiere

boobie holder

that brassiere makes your boobies look mighty fine...

Brassiere by flutterbyboob February 17, 2012

brassiere

A garment worn under the clothes used to "lift and separate" a female's breasts. The names comes from bracière, the old french word referring to arm protector. The brassiere replaced corsets as the female undergarment around the 1900s, when it was most likely developed by Herminie Cadolle. This term is now archaic however and the garment is simply referred to as a "bra," which is french for "arm". Brassiere is only useful when one needs to refer to bras in code:

Eliza: So Laura do you want to go shopping for brassieres tomorrow?
Laura: Alright, that sounds good.
Mike: What's a brassiere?
Eliza: ... really long gloves. It means arm protector in french.

brassiere by whimaway September 25, 2010

Brassiere

The formal way to say Brah

Person 1: Hey brassiere. Do you want to hang out later?

Person 2: Of course I do, brassiere. What time?

Person 1: I'll let you know when I decide, brassiere.

Person 2: Thanks, Brassiere!

Brassiere by The Jay Sinner June 7, 2022

brassiere masochism 

A common female experience since many of us spend our days with our tits cruelly funneled into odd shapes and configurations.

My mom passed her brassiere masochism down to all of us who couldn’t wait to have perfect, perky ta-tas just like her’s.

brassiere masochism by Dr Bunnygirl January 12, 2019

ear brassiere 

Cold-weather ear band for the fierce and funny here in Minnesota and nearby northern "Heartland" States. Expression utilized when the wind chill dips into below-Siberian-winter levels.

Commonly shouted about in this manner: "It's cold as hell outside!! Don't forget to put on your ear brassiere!" (Which was a typical quote from this writer's salty and sassy Scorpio mother, whose pseudonym would rightly be: LadyDayFan.)

ear brassiere by VirgoGrrrlie February 25, 2011

brossiere 

n. Undergarment worn around the chest of a male, intended to provide support to male breasts.

Uncle Steve's man-boobs are larger than Aunt Sue's. He could use the support of a well-made brossiere.

brossiere by ChatteringClasses July 23, 2009