brownie point
noun
variants
often Brownie point
: a credit regarded as earned especially by currying favor (as with a superior)
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Brownie points to the big compact, which offers ample room to swirl your brushes, tap, and swirl some more.
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Lily Wohlner, Allure, 11 Mar. 2026
Davidson also got decent value for Connor Murphy and earned brownie points with future free agents by doing right by Foligno, sending him to Minnesota to chase the Stanley Cup with his brother.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
In her fervor to thwart ICE agents and score political brownie points, the governor is failing to do her job.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Without the structure of school, without the earning of brownie points, would musical achievement lose its meaning?
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
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Lily Wohlner, Allure, 11 Mar. 2026
Davidson also got decent value for Connor Murphy and earned brownie points with future free agents by doing right by Foligno, sending him to Minnesota to chase the Stanley Cup with his brother.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
In her fervor to thwart ICE agents and score political brownie points, the governor is failing to do her job.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Without the structure of school, without the earning of brownie points, would musical achievement lose its meaning?
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Brownie point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownie%20point. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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