brillo pad

English

Etymology

From a trademark, probably related to brilliant. The company has claimed that the name derives from a Latin word for “bright”, but there is no fitting word in attested Latin; the ancestor of such verbs as Italian brillare (“to shine”) would be a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *b(e)rillāre.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bril‧lo‧pad

Noun

brillo pad (plural brillo pads)

  1. A scouring pad used for cleaning dishes, made from steel wool containing soap.
  2. (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, US) The hair on the scalp of a black person.
  3. (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, US) A black person.

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