pin-up

Meaning

Noun

• A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.
• The person so depicted.
• Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc.

Related

Similar words

• : centerfold
• : centerfold, pin-up girl

Origin

• From the verb phrase pin up, since such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.