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Feb 11, 2020 · A boy could also be called a 'knave child' while a girl could be called a 'maiden child'. When did the use of the word 'girl' become more gendered? The meaning of the word 'girl' started to shift towards a more gendered use in the early 1400s.
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Sep 10, 2023 · Like many popular colloquialisms, “girl” has a history in Black, transgender and gay communities, where the word may be used to acknowledge a shared experience or express a subtle form of...
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The word "girl" first appears in the 1300s and is used for both male and female children. By the early 1500s, girl has become specific to females, but it was not age-specific in this...
Although big questions remain about the ultimate origins of the word slang, this is an attempt briefly to trace it from its obscure origins and its rise to become a word which covers a vast category of vocabulary and language.
Boy-meets-girl "typical of a conventional romance" is from 1945; the phrase itself is from 1934 as a dramatic formula. Boy-crazy "eager to associate with males" is from 1923. A noticable number of the modern words for 'boy', 'girl', and 'child' were originally colloquial nicknames, derogatory or whimsical, in part endearing, and finally ...
Oct 30, 2021 · British slang. A woman, a girl; (also) a wife, girlfriend, or mistress (now somewhat dated).
Aug 21, 2014 · 1582. The word is probably an amelioration of mop in its sense of "fool." It was often used when talking to a child, especially a young girl, along with mops (1584) and moppet (1601), and moved...
