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🧷 U+1F9F7, 🧷
SAFETY PIN
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Translingual

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Description

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A safety pin.

Etymology

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Various:

  • (punk): Arose in the late 1970s, origin obscure.[1]
  • (solidarity): Proposed by the British Twitter user @cheeahs on 26 June 2016 as an object which can be subtly attached to one's clothing to signify being a "safe" ally to those experiencing racism following the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum.[2] After going viral on the platform in the following days, the safety pin became a symbol against worldwide racism as a whole and later any forms of discrimination in general.[3][4]
  • (diaper): Resembles a diaper pin; by extension used as a metonym for babies or childcare in general.
  • (sewing): Safety pins are widely applicable to sewing as they can be used to fasten fabrics; by extension, applicable and useful also in arts and crafts.

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  1. (figuratively) Safety; security; comfort; protection.
  2. (UK, music) Punk rock.
  3. (politics, neologism) Shows solidarity against discrimination, often in support of a minority, persecuted, vulnerable, marginalised or disadvantaged group, or victims of crimes or hardship in general.
    1. (politics, neologism) Shows support for, and solidarity with, immigrants and immigration.
    2. (chiefly politics, neologism, more generally) Unity.
  4. (metonymically):
    1. A diaper; babyhood; childcare.
    2. (rare) Sewing; arts and crafts.

References

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  1. ^ Sharon M. Hannon (2009) Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 51
  2. ^ @cheeahs (2016 June 26) “So I have an idea similar to #ridewithme to help protect those [b]eing abused as result of Brexit referendum - but I need your help.”, in Twitter[1].
  3. ^ “The safety pins puncturing post-Brexit racism”, in The Guardian[2], 2016 June 29.
  4. ^ Alex Abad-Santos (2016 November 17) “The backlash over safety pins and allies, explained”, in Vox[3].