badge bunny en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
* badge (“an item worn and displayed by police officers”) + bunny. * Bunny is used in combination to refer to female groupies.
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic) A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
"She could be . . . a cop groupie or a badge bunny, one of those kind of people."
2000, “Third Watch: The Tys That Bind”, in TV.com, retrieved 19 Feb 2009:And cops seem to have their share of followers, too. The most common term for these women is "badge bunny."
2006 July 7, Tim Dees, “Coping with that Primal Urge”, in Officer.com, retrieved 19 Feb 2009:Crews and Reese (Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi) discover the dead teacher was a woman who exclusively dated cops—a "badge bunny" (9 pm NBC).
2008 November 19, “TV Listings: Wednesday's Highlights”, in Los Angeles Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| badge bunnies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |