glitter bombn.

Brit.

/ˈɡlɪtə bɒm/, U.S.

/ˈɡlɪdər ˌbɑm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: glitter n.¹, bomb n.

Etymology: < glitter n.¹ + bomb n.

A shower of glitter dispersed over someone or something, now often as a prank or as part of a political protest. Also: an object or device that releases a shower of glitter when opened or activated.In quot. 1957 as part of an extended metaphor.

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1957 Redbook Feb. 91/2 It's the girls who marry and have babies and keep a house going with smiles and sweet loving ways who are the real gold of this country—not glitter bombs.

1966 Time 4 Nov. 103/1 When the camera comes within 30 feet the costumes start to look like dirty cheesecloth gone over with a glitter bomb.

2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Feb. (Review section) 5/1 Mailing a glitter bomb may seem petty, but..[it] points to a larger issue of revenge and its pervasiveness.

2019 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Mar. Several jurisdictions have ruled it criminal to attack anyone with either an egg, pie, tomato, flour or a glitter bomb.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	glitter bomb
释义	glitter bombn. Brit. /ˈɡlɪtə bɒm/, U.S. /ˈɡlɪdər ˌbɑm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: glitter n.¹, bomb n. Etymology: < glitter n.¹ + bomb n. A shower of glitter dispersed over someone or something, now often as a prank or as part of a political protest. Also: an object or device that releases a shower of glitter when opened or activated.In quot. 1957 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1957 Redbook Feb. 91/2 It's the girls who marry and have babies and keep a house going with smiles and sweet loving ways who are the real gold of this country—not glitter bombs. 1966 Time 4 Nov. 103/1 When the camera comes within 30 feet the costumes start to look like dirty cheesecloth gone over with a glitter bomb. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Feb. (Review section) 5/1 Mailing a glitter bomb may seem petty, but..[it] points to a larger issue of revenge and its pervasiveness. 2019 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Mar. Several jurisdictions have ruled it criminal to attack anyone with either an egg, pie, tomato, flour or a glitter bomb. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957
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