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pin-up en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.

Meanings

1. A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.
   • pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room
2. (attributive, often) The person so depicted.
   • Damn, she could be a pin-up, for real.
   • pin-up girl
3. (figuratively) A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc.
   • She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party. 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:

Forms

Coordinates

poster child

Relateds

tack-up (poster hung)

Translations (23)

cmn 賽車女郎 /赛车女郎 (person) · fi pin-up-kuva (photograph) · ja ピンアップガール (person) · ru пин-а́п гёрл (person) · sv pinuppa (person) · ja グラビア (photograph) · sv pinuppbild (photograph) · ru краса́вчик (person) · de Pin-up-Girl (person) · fr pin-up (person) · cmn 海報女郎 /海报女郎 (person) · ru красо́тка (person) · pl plakat z nagą modelką (photograph) · ja ピンナップ (photograph) · ru пина́п (photograph) · ru фотогра́фия красо́тки (photograph) · bg хубаво момиче (person) · fi pin-up-tyttö (person) · de Pin-up (photograph) · ru пин-а́п (photograph) · pl naga modelka (person) · ja ピンアップ (photograph) · fr pin-up (photograph)