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brown shirt

Soldiers in Hitler's storm trooper army, SA during the Nazi regime. They were called this because of the colored shirts they wore.
To call someone a brown shirt is to call them a Nazi soldier, usually hinting that they oppose human rights or freedom. This is a very serious insult, and in forums is used to Flame someone.

Hitler used many different forces to accomplish his goals when he rose to power. One of these forces were the SA, or Storm Troopers. The SA soldiers were called Brown Shirts.

"I don't like how that guy disagrees with my philosophy on <idea>. I'm going to call him a Brown Shirt so people associate him with Nazis, and his ideas are disregarded."

by Bigscarymonster November 20, 2006

brown shirts

Soldiers in Hitler's storm trooper army, SA during the Nazi regime. They were called this because of the colored shirts they wore.
To call someone a brown shirt is to call them a Nazi soldier, usually hinting that they oppose human rights or freedom. This is a very serious insult, and in forums is used to Flame someone.
Hitler used many different forces to accomplish his goals when he rose to power. One of these forces were the SA, or Storm Troopers. The SA soldiers were called Brown Shirts.

The Brown Shirts will harass you if they hear you saying "that."

by thefirebuilds December 08, 2008

brown shirt

A shirt that is brown in colour

Bob is wearing a brown shirt today.

by Brownie January 17, 2005

brown shirts

liberals collectively. Will use force to make others accept their beliefs if the judicial system fails.

by fundie_posterboy April 24, 2003

brown shirts

What the Republicans have turned themselves into. Especially at the lower level, brown shirts are a collection of thugs who get quite annoyed at those who oppose monkey boy.

New brown shirts accuse those who don't like monkey boy of everything, from causing bad hair days to treason.

by jesster79 March 12, 2005

brown shirt

The new uniform of the Republican party. Wearers of this uniform tend to also be jack boot wearing thugs.

Brown shirt Republicans are a collection of goons who cannot stand things like civil rights. These people tend to think that they are better and holier than everyone else.

by jesster79 March 14, 2005

brown shirts

Brown shirts: Followers of a particular political leader who are organized to intimidate that leader's opponents by violence or the threat of violence metaphor derived from the SA organization that supported Hitler in his early rise to power.

Trump supporters who threaten armed revolution or attempt to intimidate their opponents with violence or by carrying weapons to demonstrations are a contemporary equivalent of the German brown shirts.

by docpapio July 30, 2017