Girlie
adj, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women. slang
"When Grandma came to visit, the boy hid the girlies in his dresser so she wouldn't see them."
- 2 A young girl. colloquial
"Near-synonyms: baby girl; see also Thesaurus:girl"
- 3 A woman or person with feminine traits. Internet, endearing
"Near-synonyms: girlie girl, girly girl"
- 1 Of entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing. slang
"The [women's] community in Japan is very tiny and very lonely. And the way that the word "lesbian" translates into Japanese, it means "women who perform sexual acts together in girlie shows." So when we defined ourselves as lesbians, there was snickering among the women."
- 2 Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. slang
"He said he wasn't paying good money for girlie hair — that's what he called it anytime we wanted to go into town to have a real haircut."
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More examples"The analysis of gender in religion or spirituality is an esoteric theme. I for one am attracted to Buddhism, because of its masculine viewpoint about reality. Buddhists accept prevailing discontent as a condition of this illusory world, the Māyā hiding true reality, but paradoxically, they promote equanimous joy. They do not believe in sulking, like a happy boy. The portrayal of the woman is very interesting in the rendition of Dàodéjīng by Ursula K. Le Guin: Chapter 6 says, "The valley spirit never dies. Call it the mystery, the woman. The mystery, the Door of the Woman, is the root of earth and heaven. Forever this endures, forever. And all its uses are easy." Chapter 28 says, "Knowing man, and staying woman, be the riverbed of the world." Chapter 61 says, "By stillness the woman may always dominate the man, lying quiet underneath him." Such is Daoism. I know some who might think that turning to religion might be a "girlie" gesture, but it is not necessarily so. Some sci-fi buff friends of mine think that all I need is sci-fi as an exercise in understanding reality through irreality, something I have been doing since reading Dr. Seuss imaginary books in Grade 1. I analyse that it may have been originally Dr. Seuss books that encouraged me to pursue the sci-fi imaginarium throughout my life. Some sci-fact buffs, however, incline away from sci-fi, which they may think is childish, frivolous "hypotheticals." I believe also in sci-fact, invigorated by sci-fi excursions."
Etymology
From girl + -ie.
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