bottom power
- noun
- NSFW
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poder de base
- Many activists believe that bottom power is crucial in driving social change at the grassroots level.
Examples
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Although controversial, some politicians have gained support through bottom power in their communities.
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Rumors spread that she used her bottom power to influence the company's hiring decisions.
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Don't underestimate bottom power!
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Many women use bottom power to influence decisions.
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Many women utilize bottom power to sway opinions and outcomes in their favor.
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Activists argue that bottom power is important for empowering communities from the ground up.
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She was accused of leveraging her bottom power to gain an advantage in the negotiations.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
bottom + power
The sense of influence or grassroots/sexualized leverage in 'bottom power' is not a straightforward composition of the literal meanings of 'bottom' and 'power' and would not be predictable to a B1 learner who only knows those words. The phrase is regionally specific and idiomatic, with culturally conditioned senses (e.g. sexualized influence or community-level sway) that require prior exposure, so its meaning is not derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Bottom power may come from a simple image: bottom (the lower level of a group or a person's 'behind') plus power (influence) gives the idea of strength coming from below. So the phrase came to mean 'influence or support' from ordinary people, and sometimes the idea of using a person's physical 'bottom' or charm to 'gain advantage'.