A woman wears a hat with the slogan “Kamala is brat” at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., on October 30, 2024.
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Brat, the phrase redefined by singer Charli XCX and adopted by supporters of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris, was on Friday named the Collins Phrase of the Yr 2024.

“Brat” was the title of the U.Ok. singer’s hit sixth album, and the phrase has now come to characterize 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 change into probably the most talked about phrases of 2024,” mentioned the U.Ok.-based dictionary.

“Greater than a massively profitable album, ‘brat’ is a cultural phenomenon that has resonated with individuals globally, and ‘brat summer time’ established itself as an aesthetic and a lifestyle,” it added.

The 32-year-old pop star, whose actual title is Charlotte Emma Aitchison, described the everyday brat lady as somebody “who’s slightly messy and likes to get together and possibly says some dumb issues typically, who feels herself, however then additionally possibly has a breakdown, however form of events via it”.

She tweeted in July that “Kamala IS brat”, in reference to the U.S. Vice President, prompting the presidential nominee to make use of her track “365” in one in all her TikTok movies.

Her marketing campaign account additionally re-branded with a lime inexperienced photograph within the fashion of the Brat album cowl.

The album hit primary in her native U.Ok. and quantity three within the U.S.