A feminist riff on 'brass balls', this phrase means exceptional courage, audacity, or nerve — specifically applied to women or used to describe boldness in a gender-neutral or feminist framing. When someone has brass ovaries, they're not just brave — they're willing to do what most people wouldn't dare, whether that's standing up to authority, taking a massive risk, or refusing to back down under pressure. It reclaims the macho 'balls' idiom and turns it into a celebration of female boldness.
It took some serious brass ovaries to walk into that boardroom and demand the promotion she'd been denied for three years.
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(of women, slang) courage, guts.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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