Ladette

//læˈdɛt//

Synonyms for "ladette" (3 found)

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French

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  • garçon manqué noun (young woman of masculine manners)
  • garçonne noun (young woman of masculine manners)

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It could be argued that the rise of the socially conscious model reflects a very 2017 archetype: the “woke” young woman, who looks set to define femininity this decade in the same way that the lager-swilling ladette did in the 90s. It is also symptomatic of a broader cultural “awokening” that has reached the stuffiest institutions; even the royal family has recently relaxed its upper lip.

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So the rise in drinking seems to centre on gen X women, or, to give us our proper title, ladettes.

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