girlbossify

girlbossify verb: to extoll female empowerment in a superficial or performative manner.

Verb

girlbossify (third-person singular simple present girlbossifies, present participle girlbossifying, simple past and past participle girlbossified)

(neologism) To extoll female empowerment in a superficial or performative manner.
- Yet despite lacking all markers of the recent trend for girlbossified costume drama, the directorial debut from O'Connor — an actor who is no stranger to corsetry herself after "Mansfield Park" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" — gives us a strikingly current take on the Brontë behind...2022 September 15, Jessica Kiang, “'Emily' Review: Emma Mackey Breaks Out as the 'Strangest' Brontë in Frances O'Connor's Lovely Debut”, in Variety, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022
- However, since emerging in the 1970s, the term has shifted away from being a radical "rallying cry" towards a more "girlbossified" celebration of inspirational women.2025, Paige Johnson, Camila Soledad Montiel McCann, Sofia Lampropoulou, “Revisiting herstory: from trailblazers and herstory makers to the pitfalls of popular post-feminism”, in Feminist Media Studies

third-person singular present	girlbossifies
present participle	girlbossifying
past participle	girlbossified
past	girlbossified

From girlboss + -ify.

What does girlbossify mean?: Girlbossify means to extoll female empowerment in a superficial or performative manner.
What part of speech is girlbossify?: Girlbossify is a verb.
What is the past tense of girlbossify?: The past tense of girlbossify is girlbossified.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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