Slang for a Nazi or fascist pig. Derived from the brown shirts worn by the Sturm Abteiling (SA). Brown was the color of the Nazi party in the 20's and 30's, much as red and blue are respectively associated with the Republican and Democratic parties in the US now.

Side note - the Schutzstaffel (SS) primarily wore black uniforms.

Nazi: "I love Hitler. Mexicans suck."
Punk: "Fuckin' brownshirts. Let's bust some heads."
Mexican: "Hell yeah."

Brownshirt by German Major Antifa April 22, 2009

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brown shirt

Soldiers in Hitler's storm trooper army, SA during the Nazi regime. They were called this because of the colored shirts they wore.
To call someone a brown shirt is to call them a Nazi soldier, usually hinting that they oppose human rights or freedom. This is a very serious insult, and in forums is used to Flame someone.

Hitler used many different forces to accomplish his goals when he rose to power. One of these forces were the SA, or Storm Troopers. The SA soldiers were called Brown Shirts.

"I don't like how that guy disagrees with my philosophy on <idea>. I'm going to call him a Brown Shirt so people associate him with Nazis, and his ideas are disregarded."

brown shirt by Bigscarymonster November 21, 2006

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brownsmith

brown⋅smith {broun-smith}
–noun

1. a person who makes costume, props, accessories, furniture, etc from cardboard.
2. a person who crafts objects of cardboard.

-may use hot glue or duct tape to engineer their creation.

Origin:

July 16,2009; Livingston, NJ

Can you believe that Optimus Prime costume is made from cardboard, whoever is inside must be a great brownsmith.

brownsmith by OUTATIME1290 July 17, 2009

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Brownship

A township with predominately african american people

What a "brownship" is - If you are driving by and are the only non-black and happen to be in a township, then you know what type of area it is.

Brownship by rockstar93 October 15, 2011

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