sex kitten
sex kitten noun: a woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
Noun
sex kitten (plural sex kittens)
- A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
- Even the Muppets — as mainstream and heterosexual as some of them may be — are favorites among many gay men; Miss Piggy, that porcine sex-kitten, adorns many a wall in gay bars.1986 December 7, Michael Bronsky, “Gay Man's Dream Realized in Benefit Production of archy and mehitabel"”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 7
Forms of sex kitten
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Origin of sex kitten
Coined circa 1958 to describe French starlet Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in the 1957 film And God Created Woman.
Questions about sex kitten
- What does sex kitten mean?
- Sex kitten means a woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
- What part of speech is sex kitten?
- Sex kitten is a noun.
- What is the plural of sex kitten?
- The plural of sex kitten is sex kittens.
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Source and license
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