brosse

brush (the implement); crew cut

“Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ?” — Ha ha! You've got a crew cut; what do you think it is, 1982?

From Middle French brosse, from Old French broce, brosse, broisse (“brushwood, brush”), of unknown origin. Probably cognate with Catalan brossa and possibly with various other Romance words. Theories include: * From Vulgar Latin *broccia, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”). * From Vulgar Latin *bruscia, itself from Latin brūscum (“knot, excrescence on a tree”), or Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“underbrush”), or a confluence of these. * From Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto