The history and meaning behind this old-fashioned insult
Photo: Getty Images British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made headlines today when he appeared to call Jeremy Corbyn a — excuse me — “big girl’s blouse” during his first Prime Minister’s Questions session. As the Guardian reports, Johnson became heated after the Labour Party leader asked him to disclose information regarding the government’s no-deal Brexit documents.
What even IS a big girl’s blouse? Aside from being a commonly worn women’s garment, British people have used the term “big girl’s blouse” as an insult, usually directed toward a man, and implying he is a coward, weak, or effeminate. Or, as my British friend told me, “it’s the equivalent of calling a man a pussy or a wimp.”
Where did the phrase come from? It may have originated during the late ‘60s from a British comedian named Hylda Baker. Montell says its earliest written record was in a 1969 episode of the British sitcom Nearest & Dearest in which a character insults another by calling him a “big girl’s blouse.
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