London:
Brat, the phrase redefined by singer Charli XCX and adopted by supporters of US presidential candidate Kamala Harris, was on Friday named the Collins Phrase of the Yr 2024.
“Brat” was the identify of the UK singer’s hit sixth album, and the phrase has now come to symbolize a “assured, impartial, and hedonistic perspective”, mentioned Collins, reasonably than merely a time period for a badly-behaved baby.
“Impressed by the Charli XCX album, ‘brat’ has grow to be some of the talked about phrases of 2024,” mentioned the UK-based dictionary.
“Greater than a vastly profitable album, ‘brat’ is a cultural phenomenon that has resonated with folks globally, and ‘brat summer time’ established itself as an aesthetic and a lifestyle,” it added.
The 32-year-old pop star, whose actual identify is Charlotte Emma Aitchison, described the everyday brat lady as somebody “who’s slightly messy and likes to celebration and perhaps says some dumb issues typically, who feels herself, however then additionally perhaps has a breakdown, however type of events by means of it”.
She tweeted in July that “Kamala IS brat”, in reference to the US Vice President, prompting the presidential nominee to make use of her music “365” in one in all her TikTok movies.
Her marketing campaign account additionally re-branded with a lime inexperienced picture within the fashion of the Brat album cowl.
The album hit primary in her native UK and quantity three within the US.
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