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ladette

UK/læˈdɛt/

ladette noun: a young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.

Noun

ladette (plural ladettes)

  1. (informal) A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.
    • 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...2017 May 15, Hannah Marriott, “Woke models: how activism became fashion's latest must-have”, in The Guardian, London, page 9
    • So the rise in drinking seems to centre on gen X women, or, to give us our proper title, ladettes.2021 September 22, Zoe Williams, “Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    geezerbird, tomboy

Synonyms of ladette

Forms of ladette

pluralladettes
alternative formladdette

Origin of ladette

From lad + -ette.

Words formed from ladette

Words that rhyme with ladette

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ladette

What does ladette mean?
Ladette means a young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.
What part of speech is ladette?
Ladette is a noun.
How do you pronounce ladette?
Ladette is pronounced /læˈdɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of ladette?
The plural of ladette is ladettes.

Words near ladette in the dictionary

  1. Ladera Ranch
  2. laders
  3. lades
  4. ladest
  5. ladeth
  6. ladette
  7. ladettes
  8. ladettish
  9. ladettishness
  10. ladettism
  11. Ladewig

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