kinderwhore
kinderwhore noun: a feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.
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Noun
kinderwhore (countable and uncountable, plural kinderwhores)
- A feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.
- It allows for baby-doll dresses and kinderwhore fashions, for chunky high-heeled Mary Janes from Prada and solid-silver pacifier pendants […]1998, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
- A follower of this style.
- In much the same way as that in which Punk disrupted conventional notions of female beauty the 'kinderwhore' disrupts traditional or ideological versions […]2002, Malcolm Barnard, Fashion as Communication
Forms of kinderwhore
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Origin of kinderwhore
Blend of kindergarten + whore.
Questions about kinderwhore
- What does kinderwhore mean?
- Kinderwhore means a feminine fashion aesthetic that emerged with grunge rock in the early 1990s, contrasting the childlike quality of baby-doll dresses, Peter Pan collars, etc. with heavy (and possibly smudged) make-up characteristic of adult decadence.
- What part of speech is kinderwhore?
- Kinderwhore is a noun.
- What is the plural of kinderwhore?
- The plural of kinderwhore is kinderwhores.
Words near kinderwhore in the dictionary
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