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Why is a bra called a bra?
Why is a bra called a bra?
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Because “Over the shoulder boulder holder” was already taken.
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Bras are called brassieres.
[Origin: 1910–15; < F brassière bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts (now obs. in this sense), MF bracieres camisole, OF: armor for the arms, equiv. to bras arm (see brace) + -ière, suffix added to body part nouns, the resultant deriv. denoting an article for that part < L -Äria -ary]
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Are you serious?! anyway, it’s an abbreviation to brassiere
came from an obsolete French brassière bodice, from Old French braciere arm protector, from bras arm
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like lisalou stated…bra is short for brassiere.
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short for brassiere
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Short for BRAziere – a word no one uses any more.
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brassiere
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Cause it’s a bra………………..
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