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girlbossery

girlbossery noun: the state or quality of being a girlboss.

Noun

girlbossery (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being a girlboss.
    • Girlbossery requires performance, but with that comes discrete behavioural parameters, structures of control that spring up around this newly generated way to be.2019 September 16, Kate Reeve, “Don't be a woman, be a #Girlboss”, in The Varsity, The University of Toronto, pages 10–11
    • In fact, the roots of para-feminist girlbossery run deeper.2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98

Origin of girlbossery

From girlboss + -ery.

Questions about girlbossery

What does girlbossery mean?
Girlbossery means the state or quality of being a girlboss.
What part of speech is girlbossery?
Girlbossery is a noun.

Words near girlbossery in the dictionary

  1. girlband
  2. girlbands
  3. girlboss
  4. girlbossdom
  5. girlbossed
  6. girlbossery
  7. girlbosses
  8. girlbossification
  9. girlbossified
  10. girlbossifies
  11. girlbossify

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