badge bunny

badge bunny

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Noun

badge bunny (plural badge bunnies)

1. (US, idiomatic) A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
   • 2000, "Third Watch: The Tys That Bind," TV.com (retrieved 19 Feb. 2009):

     "She could be . . . a cop groupie or a badge bunny, one of those kind of people."

   • 2006, Tim Dees, "Coping with that Primal Urge," Officer.com, 7 Jul. (retrieved 19 Feb. 2009):

     And cops seem to have their share of followers, too. The most common term for these women is "badge bunny."

   • 2008, "TV Listings: Wednesday's Highlights," Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov.:

     Crews and Reese (Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi) discover the dead teacher was a woman who exclusively dated cops—a "badge bunny" (9 pm NBC).

See also

• groupie