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Brillo, n. More fully Brillo pad.
Brit. |ˈbrɪləʊ|, U.S. |ˈbrɪloʊ|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[Probably > adj.) + -o suffix.]
1. A proprietary name for: a steel-wool pad, typically impregnated with soap and used for scouring pans, etc.
1916Atlanta Constit. 27 Jan. 2/3 (advt.) ‘Brillo’ for cleaning, scouring and polishing aluminum. Makes it like new. 1931Good Housek. Dec. 188/3 (advt.) Every genuine Brillo package contains this Brillo scouring pad. 1955K. Hutton & A. Swallow Chem. for Gen. Sci. ii. 10 To find out whether steel loses weight when it burns. Weigh a piece of steel wool, such as ‘Brillo’ used for cleaning saucepans. 2001Mirror (Electronic ed.) 9 Mar. One reporter said I looked like I'd had a dermatological accident with a Brillo pad.
2. (A mass of) wiry, tightly curled hair. Also: a person having such hair; spec. (U.S. derogatory and offensive) an African-American. Freq. attrib.
1968R. Lipsyte in N.Y. Times 18 Apr. 59/4 Joe Pepitone, the Yankee outfielder, lounged through the stands in a blue turtleneck sweater, his black hair teased into an exploded Brillo pad. 1979Poetry Northwest Spring 29 His shirt..opens onto the neck at a Brillo pad Of graying hair. 1982C. Cortazzo Day they tore Pool Room Down in L. Evans Overtime (1990) 106 A hard-nosed daygo with brillo-pad hair more white than snow. 1990New Republic 2 July 14/1 A black woman..admitted that white teenagers called her ‘Brillo pad’. 1991N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 1 Sept. 1/3 He relates his discomfort at being nicknamed ‘Brillo’, because of the texture of his hair. 2004N.Y. Mag. 28 June–5 July 80/1 (headline) How to summerproof your Brillo hair.
Compounds. Brillo-headed adj. U.S. derogatory and offensive designating a person with wiry, tightly curled hair.
1969Los Angeles Times 6 Feb. (Calendar section) 44/1 A *Brillo-headed student..in UCLA's Dickson Art Center galleries. 1998W. Coleman Bathwater Wine iv. 205 On certain corners, my eyes are assaulted by pity-crippled Brillo-headed midnight squeegee wielders. |