Broad

[Sarah]

A term originated in the 1930's meaning woman; derived from the fact that the most defining characteristic of all females are their hips, which are proportionally wider than the hips of their male counterparts.

[Sarah]

Pre [WW II] [slang] for an independent, assertive/aggressive woman. Usually in [show business], a broad is a singer, dancer, actor or business-woman who sings loud, parties hard and is often abrasive, sarcastic and [in-your-face]. A variation is the classy

[Sarah]

(1) A female resident of Atlanta, Georgia that is in connection with Panda

(2) slang word for in

[Sarah]

Word usually used by American Italians to define a good looking female. Hottie ; Babe

[Sarah]

Alot of Italians and Italian-Americans use this.
It is a word you use to describe a female. Used alot durring the 1930's - 1950's. Now it is not as popular because most guys aren't respectable anymore. There are some guys who still use the term today.

[Sarah]

bitch, woman, girl, female

[Sarah]

Broad is primarily used by Italian Americans in Philly, South Jersey, North Jersey, and New York City--NOT Baltimore per previous definition. It simply is a derogatory meaning for female i.e bitch, woman, lady, trick, chick, hoe.

[Luis Fok]

Pre [WW II] [slang] for an independent, assertive/aggressive woman. Usually in [show business], a broad is a singer, dancer, actor or business-woman who sings loud, parties hard and is often abrasive, sarcastic and [in-your-face]. A variation is the classy broad which implies she has either been born rich, snagged herself a [sugar-daddy], or has succeeded on her own.
Broads are generally moderately attractive or better, are never seen without their best dresses and perfect makeup, and know how to compete and win in a [mans world]. In some pre-war Hollywood films, broads are portrayed as gangsters girlfriends or even their accomplices or [gun moll]s but that was rarely the case in real life. Also in Hollywood films of the era, broads chewed gum incessantly and spoke with a thick, sarcastic [New York accent].
Often men who felt threatened by strong-willed, successful women would call them broads in a derogatory sense.

[Becky]

Pre [WW II] [slang] for an independent, assertive/aggressive woman. Usually in [show business], a broad is a singer, dancer, actor or business-woman who sings loud, parties hard and is often abrasive, sarcastic and [in-your-face]. A variation is the classy broad which implies she has either been born rich, snagged herself a [sugar-daddy], or has succeeded on her own.
Broads are generally moderately attractive or better, are never seen without their best dresses and perfect makeup, and know how to compete and win in a [mans world]. In some pre-war Hollywood films, broads are portrayed as gangsters girlfriends or even their accomplices or [gun moll]s but that was rarely the case in real life. Also in Hollywood films of the era, broads chewed gum incessantly and spoke with a thick, sarcastic [New York accent].
Often men who felt threatened by strong-willed, successful women would call them broads in a derogatory sense.

[Agnes]

Having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.