pin-up
Locker room decoration
A pin-up is a photograph or poster of an attractive person, typically displayed by pinning it to a wall.
The term emerged from the practice of soldiers and teenagers pinning glamorous images to barracks walls or bedroom doors.
A pin-up usually features a model in a provocative but not explicit pose: a classic pin-up girl, He had pin-ups all over his locker.
The word also describes the person depicted: She was a famous pin-up in the 1940s.
As an adjective, it describes the style: pin-up art, pin-up calendar.
Shocking sudden revelation
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
- cheesecakeCream-filled dessert, crumb crust
- vixenFemale of Reynard's kind
- sirenWailing alert device
starlet · showgirl · burlesque · boudoir · figure · pose · bikini · swimsuit
Date-tracking system
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
- printTransfer text to paper
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- lithographStone-based printing method
reproduction · artwork · display · decal · graphic · pictorial · Vargas · Petty
Period of armed conflict
- 1940sFourth decade, twentieth century
- 1950sDecade after WWII
- GIU.S. military slang
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
Vargas · Petty · cheesecake · calendar · collectible · memorabilia · ephemera · classic
Serving as a symbol
- classicOf lasting excellence
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- quintessentialRepresenting the ideal type
archetypal · famous · influential · definitive · Hollywood · starlet
bombshell
Shocking sudden revelation
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
- cheesecakeCream-filled dessert, crumb crust
- vixenFemale of Reynard's kind
siren · starlet · showgirl · burlesque · boudoir · figure · pose · bikini · swimsuit · lingerie
calendar
Date-tracking system
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
- printTransfer text to paper
- illustrationPicture explaining something
lithograph · reproduction · artwork · display · decal · graphic · pictorial · Vargas · Petty · barracks
wartime
Period of armed conflict
barracks · Vargas · Petty · cheesecake · calendar · collectible · memorabilia · ephemera · classic · retro
emblematic
Serving as a symbol
quintessential · archetypal · famous · influential · definitive · Hollywood · starlet
rockabilly
Hillbilly-influenced early rock
greaser · bobbysocks · jukebox · chrome · tailfins · sockhop · swing · jitterbug · lindy-hop · revival
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- eye candyhottie, hunk, babe, stud, knockout
- eroticaerotic, erotic literature, eroticism, erotica, sensuality
- critique typesart critique, peer review, feedback, constructive criticism, revision notes
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- advertisingad, ads, ad campaign, ad campaigns, advertising campaign
pin-upfine art
Aesthetic visual creations
high art · masterpiece · museum piece · old master · Renaissance painting